345. On Parent Knees a Naked New-born Child. Sir William Jones. 1909-14. English Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald. The Harvard Classics

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English Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

345. On Parent Knees a Naked New-born Child

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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