Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE INFANT, by AGNES STRICKLAND


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THE INFANT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I saw an infant -- health, and joy, and light
Last Line: "oh! Happy child! Untried and early blessed!"
Subject(s): Babies; Infants


I saw an infant -- health, and joy, and light
Bloomed on its cheek and sparkled in its eye;
And its fond mother stood delighted by,
To see its morn of being dawn so bright.
Again I saw it, when the withering blight
Of pale disease had fallen, moaning lie
On that sad mother's breast -- stern Death was night,
And Life's young wings were fluttering for their flight.
Last, I beheld it stretched upon the bier,
Like a fair flower untimely snatched away,
Calm and unconscious of its mother's tear,
Which on its placid cheek unheeded lay;
But on its lip the unearthly smile expressed,
"Oh! happy child! untried and early blessed!"





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