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PURGATORY by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: HOW LONG, O LORD, HOW LONG
Last Line: THE STRENGTH OF TORTURE TAME.
Subject(s): PURGATORY;
How long, O Lord, how long
These penal fires among?
Till love with fiercer flame
The strength of torture tame.



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