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She was so little—little in her grave, The wide earth all around so hard and cold— She was so little! therefore did I crave My arms might still her tender form enfold. She was so little, and her cry so weak When she among the heavenly children came— She was so little—I alone might speak For her who knew no word nor her own name.
She was so little—little in her grave, The wide earth all around so hard and cold— She was so little! therefore did I crave My arms might still her tender form enfold. She was so little, and her cry so weak When she among the heavenly children came— She was so little—I alone might speak For her who knew no word nor her own name.
In print by 1921 AD · modern
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- Author or tradition
- Edith Matilda Thomas (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1921 AD · modern
In print by 1921: recorded in My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 316 · printed citation: Edith Matilda Thomas. · compiler notes excluded
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