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DEATH OF AN INFANT IN ITS MOTHER'S ARMS.
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But now his blessed portion
    Is o'er the cloud to soar,
And spread a never-wearied wing
    Where sorrows are no more;
With cherubim and seraphim
    To tread the ethereal plain,
High honour hath it been to thee
    To swell that glorious train.