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First Line: But borne, and like a short delight
Last Line: Love and they'l thank you for't. Adieu.
Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies


But borne, and like a short Delight,
I glided by my Parents sight.
That done, the harder Fates deny'd
My longer stay, and so I dy'd.
If pittying my sad Parents Teares,
You'l spil a tear, or two with theirs:
And with some flowrs my grave bestrew,
Love and they'l thank you for't. Adieu.





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