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FOR THE WINDOW IN ST. MARGARET'S by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

Poet Analysis

First Line: AFAR HE SLEEPS WHOSE NAME IS GRAVEN HERE
Last Line: HEAVEN LENT, EARTH BORROWED, SORROWING TO RESTORE.
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; DEATH - BABIES;
AFAR he sleeps whose name is graven here,
Where loving hearts his early doom deplore;
Youth, promise, virtue, all that made him dear
Heaven lent, earth borrowed, sorrowing to restore.



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