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SYMPATHY (2) by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: LO! OF GLADNESS OR REGRET
Last Line: TWIXT THE DEWDROP AND THE TEAR.
Subject(s): SYMPATHY; EMPATHY;

Lo! of gladness or regret
Teardrops in the violet
Weeping till her leaves are wet
Dewdrops in mine eyes beget!

Mirrored in each lucid sphere,
Highest heaven to earth is near;
Closer sympathies are here
'Twixt the dewdrop and the tear.



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