Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON A DEAD BABE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: Fly away! Thou heavenly one!--
Last Line: But I can not weep fer thee.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Babies; Death; Grief; Infants; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness


FLY away! thou heavenly one! --
I do hail thee on thy flight!
Sorrow? thou hath tasted none --
Perfect joy is yourn by right.
Fly away! and bear our love
To thy kith and kin above!

I can tetch thy finger-tips
Ca'mly, and bresh back the hair
From thy forr'ed with my lips,
And not leave a tear-drop thare. --
Weep fer Tomps and Ruth -- and me --
But I can not weep fer thee.





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