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Assuming the excerpt includes the line "With patriarchs of the infant world—with kings,", the word infant means early or young.
As in, with patriarchs of the part of the world's history in which there were still a lot of powerful Kings, which was early in world history.
Q: In this excerpt from the poem Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant what is the meaning of the word infant
EXCERPT: Yet not to thine eternal resting-place
Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish
Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down
With patriarchs of the infant world -- with kings,
The powerful of the earth -- the wise, the good,
Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past,
All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills
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