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BABY IS DEAD.
Bright dark eyes sealed fast forever,Waxen limbs so white and still,Empty arms and aching bosom,Void that naught in life can fill;Dewey floweret, early gathered,Made for angel hands to reap,Not one tinge of earth upon it—Just a baby gone to sleep.