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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DEAD CHILD, by LUCIAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Five years alone had vanished since my birth
Last Line: I learnt but little of life's sins and grief.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lucianus
Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies
First Line: Five years alone had vanished since my birth
Last Line: I learnt but little of life's sins and grief.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lucianus
Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies
Five years alone had vanished since my birth,
When ruthless Plato snatched me from the earth.
Mourn not my fate; for, if my life was brief,
I learnt but little of life's sins and grief.
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