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THE PRECURSOR by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: AS JOHN OF OLD BEFORE HIS FACE DID GO
Last Line: "I COME,"" PROCLAIMS THE SNOW."
Subject(s): JOHN THE BAPTIST, SAINT (1ST CENTURY);
"AS John of old before His face did go
To make the rough ways smooth, that all might know
The level road that leads to Bethlehem, lo,
I come," proclaims the snow.



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