Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BURIAL OF AN INFANT, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Blest infant bud, whose blossom-life Last Line: To dress them, and unswaddle death. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Death - Children; Funerals; Death - Babies; Burials | ||||||||
Blest infant bud, whose blossom-life Did only look about, and fall, Wearied out in a harmless strife Of tears and milk, the food of all; Sweetly didst thou expire: thy soul Flew home unstained by his new kin, For ere thou knew'st how to be foul, Death weaned thee from the world and sin. Softly rest all thy virgin-crumbs! Lapped in the sweets of thy young breath, Expecting till thy Saviour comes To dress them, and unswaddle death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FUNERAL SERMON by ANDREW HUDGINS RETURN FROM DELHI by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE SCATTERING OF EVAN JONES'S ASHES by GALWAY KINNELL BROWNING'S FUNERAL by H. T. MACKENZIE BELL FALLING ASLEEP OVER THE AENEID by ROBERT LOWELL |
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