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AN EASTER LILIY by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: IN VAIN TO SEAL THE SEPULCHRE
Last Line: WITHIN THE GARDEN STANDS.
Subject(s): EASTER; FLOWERS; HOLIDAYS; LILIES; PILATE, PONTIUS; THE RESURRECTION;
In vain to seal the sepulchre
The Pilate Death commands;
For, lo, again his prisoner
Within the garden stands.



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