Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON AN INFANT WHICH DIED BEFORE BAPTISM, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Be, rather than be called, a child of god' Last Line: Possessor, not inheritor. Subject(s): Death - Children; Worship; Death - Babies | ||||||||
"Be, rather than be called, a child of God," Death whispered! -- with assenting, nod, Its head upon its mother's breast, The baby bowed, without demur -- Of the kingdom of the Blest Possessor, not inheritor. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOST CHILDREN by RANDALL JARRELL THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN MELANCHOLY; AN ODE by WILLIAM BROOME SISTERS IN ARMS by AUDRE LORDE A BOTANICAL TROPE by WILLIAM MEREDITH FOR MOHAMMED ZEID OF GAZA, AGE 15 by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE A CHILD'S EVENING PRAYER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A DAY DREAM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY A VIEW, OF SADDLEBACK IN CUMBERLAND by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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