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Amenophis and Other Poems Sacred and Secular

by Francis T. Palgrave
Palgrave, Francis Turner (1824-1897)

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HYMNS AND MEDITATIONS
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EPITAPHS
 I. 
ION A LITTLE CHILD
 II. 
IION AN INFANT
 III. 
IIION A MOTHER
 IV. 
IVIN MEMORIAM
 V. 
VIN MEMORIAM
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VARIA
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I
ON A LITTLE CHILD

1867
Pure, sweet and fair, ere Thou could'st taste of ill
God will'd it, and Thy baby breath was still.
Now 'mong His lambs thou liv'st thy Saviour's care,
For ever as thou wast, pure, sweet and fair.
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