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THE ASSUMPTION (1) by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: BEHOLD! THE MOTHER BIRD
Last Line: "THY FLEDGLING CALLS THEE HOME!"
Subject(s): ASSUMPTION, THE (THEOLOGY); MARY. MOTHER OF JESUS; WOMEN - BIBLE; VIRGIN MARY;
Behold! the mother bird
The Fledgling's voice hath heard!
He calls anew,
"It was thy breast
That warmed the nest
From whence I flew.
Upon a loftier tree
Of life I wait for thee;
Rise, mother-dove, and come;
Thy Fledgling calls thee home!"



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