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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD, by EDWARD S. SILVERA
First Line: You came like the dawn
Last Line: So you stole away in the dark.
Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies
First Line: You came like the dawn
Last Line: So you stole away in the dark.
Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies
You came like the dawn
With no voice
To proclaim your calm birth
Save the song of the lark;
And when shadows foretold
That the quick day was done
Your little white shroud
Had already been spun,
So you stole away in the dark.
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