"Beneath, a sleeping infant lies, To earth whose ashes lent, More glorious shall hereafter rise, Though not more innocent. When the arch-angel's trump shall blow, And souls and bodies join, What crowds will wish, their lives below Had been as short as thine!"
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"Epitaph on an Infant", in James Montgomery (ed.) The Christian Poet; or, Selections in Verse, on Sacred Subjects, 3rd ed. (Glasgow, 1828), p. 429
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Samuel Wesley (poet, died 1735)
Samuel Wesley (17 December 1662 – 25 April 1735) was a clergyman of the Church of England, a poet, and a writer. He was the father of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, the founders of Methodism.
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