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THE EXPECTED OF NATIONS by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: WHILE SHEPHERD STARS THEIR NIGHTLY VIGILS KEEP
Last Line: AGAIN IS BORN.
Subject(s): NIGHT; BEDTIME;

While shepherd stars their nightly vigils keep
Above the clouds of sleep,
Long prophesied, behold the manchild, morn,
Again is born.



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