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UPON A CHILD; AN EPITAPH by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: BUT BORNE, AND LIKE A SHORT DELIGHT
Last Line: LOVE AND THEY'L THANK YOU FOR'T. ADIEU.
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; DEATH - BABIES;
But borne, and like a short Delight,
I glided by my Parents sight.
That done, the harder Fates deny'd
My longer stay, and so I dy'd.
If pittying my sad Parents Teares,
You'l spil a tear, or two with theirs:
And with some flowrs my grave bestrew,
Love and they'l thank you for't. Adieu.



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