Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LAMENT, by CHARLES KINGSLEY


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LAMENT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The merry merry lark was up and singing
Last Line: Sleeps sound till the bell brings me.
Variant Title(s): The Merry Lark
Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies


THE merry merry lark was up and singing,
And the hare was out and feeding on the lea;
And the merry merry bells below were ringing,
When my child's laugh rang through me.

Now the hare is snared and dead beside the snow-yard,
And the lark beside the dreary winter sea;
And the baby in his cradle in the churchyard
Sleeps sound till the bell brings me.





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