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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.
Other Poems of Interest...
NIGHTMARE BEGINS RESPONSIBILITY by MICHAEL S. HARPER
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