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THE IMAM BARA: 2 by SAROJINI NAIDU

First Line: COME FROM THIS TOMB OF SHADOWS
Last Line: ALI! HASSAN! HUSSAIN!
Subject(s): CORPSES; DEATH; GRAVES; MOURNING; SILENCE; CADAVERS; DEAD, THE; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES; BEREAVEMENT;

Come from this tomb of shadows,
Come from this tragic shrine
That throbs with the deathless sorrow
Of a long-dead martyr line.
Love! let the living sunlight
Kindle your splendid eyes
Ablaze with the steadfast triumph
Of the spirit that never dies.
So may the hope of new ages
Comfort the mystic pain
That cries from the ancient silence
@3Ali! Hassan! Hussain!@1



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