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THE CONQUEROR by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: HE CLOISTERED HERE A VIRGIN THOUGHT
Last Line: WITHIN HER WALLS TO LIE.
Subject(s): RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
He cloistered here a virgin thought --
His vow of chastity,
Whereto from year to year he brought
First-fruit of victory.
And here, his latest battle won
Beneath her panoply,
In death returns the champion
Within her walls to lie.



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