Lines. Written on Placing a Lily of the Valley in the Dead Hand of a Lovely Child, While Lying in Her Coffin, May 24, 1829 Rev., LL.D. Luke Booker Booker, Luke Metadata research and editing DVPP Project Team Fralick Kaitlyn University of Victoria Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project Victoria, BC, Canada

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Lines. By the Rev. Dr. Booker. Written on Placing a Lily of the Valley in the Dead Hand of a Lovely Child, While Lying in her Coffin, May 24, 1829. Thou sleeping innocent ! to thee I bring This purest offering of the new-born Spring ! While to thy spirit by thy God is given A palm of glory, in the realms of heaven.