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THE SOUL'S QUEST by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: I LAID MY VESTURE BY
Last Line: "WHAT SHALL AGAIN BE THINE."
Subject(s): SOUL;

I laid my vesture by
Upon this spot,
And here returning, I
Behold it not.
Dost thou, O earth, resume
The relics of the tomb?

Whereto the earth replies:
"Be not afraid;
Safe in my keeping lies
What here was laid:
A thousand forms refine
What shall again be thine."



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