Upon a child that died

Here she lies, a pretty bud,
Lately made of flesh and blood:
Who as soon fell fast asleep
As her little eyes did peep.
Give her strewings but not stir
The earth that lightly covers her.

by Robert Herrick (1591-1674) , "Upon a child that died"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Robert Fairfax Birch (1917-) , "Upon a child that died"
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) , "Upon a child that dyed", op. 23 (Twenty-one songs) no. 8 (1916). [voice and piano]
by Ned Rorem (1923-) , "Epitaph (upon a Child that died)", from Flight For Heaven, no. 5.

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