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IN THE NEST by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: O WORLD BENEATH THE MOTHER'S WING
Last Line: OF DEEPER LOVE.
Subject(s): BIRDS' NESTS;
O world beneath the mother's wing,
Secure from harm,
The heart so near the sheltered thing
To keep it warm!

No longer needed now the light
Of heaven above;
The very darkness breathes a plight
Of deeper love.



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