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ON THE BIRTH OF A FRIEND'S CHILD by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: MARK THE DAY WHITE, ON WHICH THE FATES HAVE SMILED
Last Line: EUGENIO'S LEARNING AND EUGENIO'S WIT.
Subject(s): BIRTH; CHILD BIRTH; MIDWIFERY;
Mark the day white, on which the Fates have smiled:
Eugenio and Egeria have a child
On whom abundant grace kind Jove imparts
If she but copy either parent's parts.
Then, Muses! long devoted to her race,
Grant her Egeria's virtues and her face;
Nor stop your bounty there, but add to it
Eugenio's learning and Eugenio's wit.


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