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“Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care; The opening bud to heaven conveyed, And bade it blossom there.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Epitaph on an Infant.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 49f166cca50f86daf42d190f68ed462c165644162d24cce68063635564cb5fb1
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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