SIR WILLIAM JONES
Reading edition
1746-1794
478.
Epigram
ON parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat’st while all around thee smiled: So live, that sinking to thy life’s last sleep, Calm thou may’st smile, whilst all around thee weep.
Reading edition
1746-1794
478.
ON parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat’st while all around thee smiled: So live, that sinking to thy life’s last sleep, Calm thou may’st smile, whilst all around thee weep.