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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
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!
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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