Here a pretty baby lies
Sung asleep with lullabies;
Pray be silent, and not stir
Th' easy earth that covers her.
Classic poem
UPON A CHILD
Public domain/Source
About this poem
- First line
- Here a pretty baby lies
- Poet
- Robert Herrick
- Themes
- nature, solitude, faith, night
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