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A CHILD'S GRAVE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

Poet Analysis

First Line: A LITTLE MOUND WITH CHIPPED HEADSTONE
Last Line: WITH ONE WHITE LILY KEEPING WATCH AND WARD.
Subject(s): GRAVES; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES;
A LITTLE mound with chipped headstone,
The grass, ah me! uncut about the sward,
Summer by summer left alone
With one white lily keeping watch and ward.



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