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J. C. Squire, ed. A Book of Women’s Verse. 1921.

By Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806)

Epitaph on an Infant

THOUGH infant years no pompous honours claim,

The vain parade of monumental fame,

To better praise the last great day shall rear

The spotless innocence that slumbers here.