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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FIRST EDITION, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Sighed the book, 'I am bound to be read
Last Line: "my friends are the first that will cut me."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Books; Reading
First Line: Sighed the book, 'I am bound to be read
Last Line: "my friends are the first that will cut me."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Books; Reading
Sighed the Book, "I am bound to be read,
But though on the shelf others put me
Till they know what the critics have said,
My friends are the first that will cut me."
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