'Be, rather than be call'd, a child of God,'
Death whisper'd!--with assenting nod,
Its head upon its mother's breast,
The Baby bow'd, without demur--
Of the kingdom of the Blest
Possessor, not inheritor.
April 8th, 1799.
More verses by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Sonnet V.
- The Visit Of The Gods. Imitated From Schiller
- Lines Written In The Album At Elbingerode, In The Hartz Forest
- On Revisiting The Sea-Shore, After Long Absence, Under Strong Medical Recommendation Not To Bathe
- Fire, Famine, And Slaughter : A War Eclogue
