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UPON A CHILD by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: HERE A PRETTY BABY LIES
Last Line: TH' EASY EARTH THAT COVERS HER.
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; DEATH - BABIES;
HERE a pretty baby lies
Sung asleep with lullabies:
Pray be silent and not stir
Th' easy earth that covers her.



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