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Poem: “A Baby’s Cradle with No Baby in it”

By Christina Rossetti on June 24, 2012 Poetry

A Baby’s Cradle with No Baby in it

A baby’s cradle with no baby in it,
A baby’s grave where autumn leaves drop sere;
The sweet soul gathered home to Paradise,
The body waiting here.

Christina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti

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