Death & Dying
Epigram 28 (The infant lying in the mothers wombe,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 7
Death & Dying
The infant lying in the mothers wombe,
Through vnknowne griefe & vnsuspected death
Resing'd not fully yet receiued breath.
And so lay buried in a liuing tombe.
The wofull mothers heart this so did greeue.
She wisht it had bin buried aliue.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 28 (The infant lying in the mothers wombe,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/268/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 28 (The infant lying in the mothers wombe,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/268/.
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