Epigram
1746-1794
ON parent knees, a naked new-born child,
Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled:
So live, that sinking to thy life's last sleep,
Calm thou may'st smile, whilst all around thee weep.
DayPoems Poem No. 430
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/430.html">Epigram by Sir William Jones</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
Timothy Bovee, editor
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