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Alice Rodd
by Walter de la Mare
Here lyeth our infant, Alice Rodd;
She was so small
Scarce aught at all,
But a mere breath of Sweetness sent from God.
"Alice Rodd" is the first song of Theodore Chanler's song cycle Eight Epitaphs, which sets the text of Walter de la Mare.
Alice Rodd
by Walter de la Mare
Here lyeth our infant, Alice Rodd;
She was so small
Scarce aught at all,
But a mere breath of Sweetness sent from God.