Death & Dying
On a Sepulchral Statue of an Infant Sleeping
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, IV: Poems and Plays, ed. E. V. Lucas
Death & Dying
Beautiful Infant, who dost keep
Thy posture here, and sleep'st a marble sleep,
May the repose unbroken be,
Which the fine Artist's hand hath lent to thee,
While thou enjoy'st along with it
That which no art, or craft, could ever hit,
Or counterfeit to mortal sense,
The heaven-infused sleep of Innocence!
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Lamb, Charles. “On a Sepulchral Statue of an Infant Sleeping.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lamb/72/.
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