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THE BILLOWS by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: OF TRIBES THAT IN THE DESERT FELL
Last Line: UPON THE STERILE SEA.
Subject(s): WANDERING & WANDERERS;
Of tribes that in the desert fell
The wandering souls are we --
Wind-scattered seed of Ishmael
Upon the sterile sea.



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