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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD, by JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND Poet's Biography
First Line: You came, you went, as angels go
Last Line: Forth from god's hand into god's hand.
Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies
First Line: You came, you went, as angels go
Last Line: Forth from god's hand into god's hand.
Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies
You came, you went, as angels go,
A fleeting guest within our land.
Whence and where to?—We only know:
Forth from God's hand into God's hand.
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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
THE CASTLE BY THE SEA by JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND