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HIS DAUGHTER, DYING ON HER FATHER'S BIRTHDAY by HENRY CAREY (1687-1743)

Poet Analysis

First Line: THAT FATAL DAY, WHICH LENT MY EARLIEST BREATH
Last Line: "MINE CALLS ALOUD FOR TEARS, AND BIDS ME WEEP."
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; DEATH - BABIES;

"That fatal day, which lent my earliest breath,
Gave my dear girl to the cold arms of Death:
Others in triumph may their birthday keep;
Mine calls aloud for tears, and bids me weep."



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