On A Sepulchral Statue Of An Infant Sleeping

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Title:     On A Sepulchral Statue Of An Infant Sleeping
Author: Charles Lamb [More Titles by Lamb]

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!

[The end]
Charles Lamb's poem: On A Sepulchral Statue Of An Infant Sleeping

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