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On The Death Of An Infant


O ANGEL babe from some more radiant star
That nearer shines to Heaven! Thou camest not
Unto this lowly Earth from Light afar
To seek the things that here by us are sought,
Who con Earth's task through every painful line,
Who win immortal peace from wounds and strife,
From human weakness gain a strength divine,
And, dying daily, find Eternal Life:
A spirit pure, for nought that Earth could teach
Didst thou with earthly dust thyself indue,
And now on heights that we but strive to reach
Thou dost thy former glory all renew;
O moved alone by high unselfishness,
Thou camest, thou hast left us, but to bless.