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ON THE [OR, A] PICTURE OF AN INFANT PLAYING NEAR A PRECIPICE by LEONIDAS OF ALEXANDRIA

First Line: WHILE ON THE [OR, A] CLIFF WITH CALM DELIGHT SHE KNEELS
Last Line: AND THE FOND BOY SPRINGS BACK TO NESTLE THERE.
Subject(s): CHILDREN; CHILDHOOD;
WHILE on the cliff with calm delight she kneels,
And the blue vales a thousand joys recall,
See, to the last, last verge her infant steals!
O, fly -- yet stir not, speak not, lest it fall. --
Far better taught, she lays her bosom bare,
And the fond boy springs back to nestle there.


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