Funerary urn
object · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
urn · burden · small urn · tiny urn · vessel
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The small urn in which a child carries his father's gathered ashes back to his mother.
Poor mother mine, behold I bring my father’s bones gathered from the fire, a burden grief has rendered heavy, though this tiny urn contains my all.