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BABY'S DYING by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: BABY'S DYING, / DO NOT STIR
Last Line: KISS AND MISS HER AFTER WHILE.
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; DEATH - BABIES;

Baby's dying,
Do not stir -
Let her spirit lightly float
Through the sighing
Lips of her -
Still the murmur in the throat;
Let the moan of grief be curbed -
Baby must not be disturbed!

Baby's dying,
Do not stir -
Let her pure life lightly swim
Through the sighing
Lips of her -
Out from us and up to Him -
Let her leave us with that smile -
Kiss and miss her after while.




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