Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EPITAPH ON A CHILD, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES



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First Line: They killed her lamb, and no one wept
Last Line: This was the little one.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Death - Children; Epitaphs; Death - Babies


They killed her lamb, and no one wept,
Save this small child, to find it gone;
O Lamb of God, and Lover of lambs –
This was the Little One.





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