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IN EXTREMIS by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: LORD, AS FROM THY BODY BLEEDING
Last Line: BLEND IT, LORD, WITH THINE.

Lord, as from Thy body bleeding,
Wave by wave is life receding
From these limbs of mine:
As it drifts away from me
To the everlasting sea,
Blend it, Lord, with Thine.



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