Sir William Jones (1746-1794). On Parent Knees, a Naked New-born Child. William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. 1909. The Book of Georgian Verse

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William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909.

On Parent Knees, a Naked New-born Child

By Sir William Jones (1746–1794)


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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