Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH ON A CHILD, by THOMAS GRAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here, freed from pain, secure from misery, lies Last Line: Now let him sleep in peace his night of death. Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies | ||||||||
HERE, freed from pain, secure from misery, lies A child, the darling of his parents' eyes: A gentler Lamb ne'er sported on the plain, A fairer flower will never bloom again: Few were the days allotted to his breath; Now let him sleep in peace his night of death. | 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 ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD by THOMAS GRAY |
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