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THE BURIAL OF AN INFANT by HENRY VAUGHAN

Poet Analysis

First Line: BLEST INFANT BUD, WHOSE BLOSSOM-LIFE
Last Line: TO DRESS THEM, AND UNSWADDLE DEATH.
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; FUNERALS; DEATH - BABIES; BURIALS;
Blest infant bud, whose blossom-life
Did only look about, and fall,
Wearied out in a harmless strife
Of tears and milk, the food of all;

Sweetly didst thou expire: thy soul
Flew home unstained by his new kin,
For ere thou knew'st how to be foul,
Death @3weaned@1 thee from the world and sin.

Softly rest all thy virgin-crumbs!
@3Lapped@1 in the sweets of thy young breath,
Expecting till thy Saviour comes
To @3dress@1 them, and @3unswaddle@1 death.



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