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Hymns in Prose for Children

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

Hymns in Prose for Children is a children's book by Anna Laetitia Barbauld.

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“Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?”

Anna Laetitia Barbauld book Hymns in Prose for Children

Hymns in Prose for Children, Hymn 10 (1781).

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