Book 2 — ON AN INFANT[312:1]
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ON AN INFANT[312:1]
WHICH DIED BEFORE BAPTISM
'Be, rather than be called, a child of God,' Death whispered! With assenting nod, Its head upon its mother's breast, The Baby bowed, without demur— Of the kingdom of the Blest Possessor, not Inheritor.
April 8, 1799.
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called] call'd MS. Letter, 1799.
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its] the MS. letter, 1799.
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bow'd and went without demur MS. Letter, 1799.