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ON AN INFANT WHICH DIED BEFORE BAPTISM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

Poet Analysis

First Line: BE, RATHER THAN BE CALLED, A CHILD OF GOD'
Last Line: POSSESSOR, NOT INHERITOR.
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; WORSHIP; DEATH - BABIES;
"Be, rather than be called, a child of God,"
Death whispered! -- with assenting, nod,
Its head upon its mother's breast,
The baby bowed, without demur --
Of the kingdom of the Blest
Possessor, not inheritor.


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