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LAMENT by CHARLES KINGSLEY

First Line: THE MERRY MERRY LARK WAS UP AND SINGING
Last Line: SLEEPS SOUND TILL THE BELL BRINGS ME.
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; DEATH - BABIES;
THE merry merry lark was up and singing,
And the hare was out and feeding on the lea;
And the merry merry bells below were ringing,
When my child's laugh rang through me.

Now the hare is snared and dead beside the snow-yard,
And the lark beside the dreary winter sea;
And the baby in his cradle in the churchyard
Sleeps sound till the bell brings me.



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