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On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough

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  • Poet John Milton
    In John Milton: Early translations and poems of John Milton

    …composed an occasional poem, “On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough,” which mourns the loss of his niece Anne, the daughter of his older sister. Milton tenderly commemorates the child, who was two years old. The poem’s conceits, Classical allusions, and theological overtones emphasize that…

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