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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE PICTURE OF A SLEEPING CHILD, by VINCENT BOURNE Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet babe, whose image here expressed Last Line: Harmless infant, lull thee still! Subject(s): Children; Sleep; Childhood | |||
SWEET babe, whose image here expressed Does thy peaceful slumbers show; Guilt or fear, to break thy rest, Never did thy spirit know. Soothing slumbers, soft repose, Such as mock the painter's skill, Such as innocence bestows, Harmless infant, lull thee still! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE A MANUAL MORE ANCIENT THAT THE ART OF PRINTING ... by VINCENT BOURNE |
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