Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
George Barlow b. 1847The Dead Child
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With toys and painted fruit.
To-day she may be speeding on bright wings
Beyond the stars! We ask. The stars are mute.
She laughed and was content.
To-day she will not answer, if we call:
She dropped no toys to show the road she went.
Her playthings on the bed.
To-day and yesterday are leagues apart!
She will not smile to-day, for she is dead.