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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH ON SIR EDWARD SACKVILLE'S CHILD WHO DIED IN HIS BIRTH, by EDWARD HERBERT Poet's Biography First Line: Reader, here lies a child that never cri'd Last Line: Nothing that ever di'd hath liv'd so long. Alternate Author Name(s): Cherbury, 1st Baron Herbert Of; Herbert Of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron; Herbert Of Cherbury, Lord Subject(s): Epitaphs; Stillbirth; Death - Childbirth | |||
READER, here lies a child that never cri'd, And therefore never di'd; 'Twas neither old nor young, Born to this and the other world in one: Let us then cease to moan, Nothing that ever di'd hath liv'd so long. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ELIZABETH CHILDERS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS ANNIVERSARY by PRIMUS ST. JOHN STILLBIRTH by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE FAIREST THING IN MORTAL EYES by CHARLES D'ORLEANS AN ODE UPON A QUESTION WHETHER LOVE SHOULD CONTINUE FOREVER by EDWARD HERBERT OBEDIENCE OF THE CORPSE by CAROLYN D. WRIGHT STILL LIFE by ANNE MILLAY BREMER AN ODE UPON A QUESTION WHETHER LOVE SHOULD CONTINUE FOREVER by EDWARD HERBERT DITTY IN IMITATION OF THE SPANISH: ENTRE TANTO QUE L'AVRIL by EDWARD HERBERT EPITAPH FOR SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, AT ST. PAUL'S WITHOUT A MONUMENT ... by EDWARD HERBERT |
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