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THE PHANTOM WRAITH by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: WHEN ROARS THE WIND AND BEATS THE RAIN
Last Line: IS BUT ITS OWN REFLECTED SHADE.

When roars the wind and beats the rain,
A face before my window-pane --
A phantom of the storm -- I see,
My own benighted effigy.

So, when the spirit shuddereth
Before the mystery of Death,
Perchance the shadow there portrayed
Is but its own reflected shade.



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