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| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
| Sir William Jones. 1746–1794 |
| 478. Epigram |
| ON parent knees, a naked new-born child, | |
| Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled: | |
| So live, that sinking to thy life's last sleep, | |
| Calm thou may'st smile, whilst all around thee weep. |
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