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SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 24 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHY DID BABY DIE?
Last Line: BUT BOW AND DIE.
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; DEATH - BABIES;
WHY did baby die,
Making Father sigh,
Mother cry?
Flowers, that bloom to die,
Make no reply
Of 'why?'
But bow and die.



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