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DEATH (2) by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: SO SWEET TO TIRED MORTALITY THE NIGHT
Last Line: WITHIN ITS SHADOW LAY.
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
So sweet to tired mortality the night
Of life's laborious day,
That God himself, o'erwearied of the light,
Within its shadow lay.



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