On an Infant

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English

Which Died before Baptism
“BE, rather than be called, a child of God,”
Death whispered!—with assenting nod,
Its head upon its mother’s breast,
The baby bowed, without demur—
Of the kingdom of the Blest
Possessor, not inheritor.

Source: Bartleby.com (archived copy)

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