Epitaph on an Infant (Wesley)

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Epitaph on an Infant
by Samuel Wesley

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Reprinted in Montgomery, James, editor. The Christian Poet; or, Selections in Verse, on Sacred Subjects. 3rd ed. Page 429.

188823Epitaph on an InfantSamuel Wesley (1662-1735)

Beneath, a sleeping infant lies,
   To earth whose ashes lent,
More glorious shall hereafter rise,
   Though not more innocent.

When the arch-angel's trump shall blow,
   And souls and bodies join,
What crowds will wish, their lives below
   Had been as short as thine!

This work was published before January 1, 1931, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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