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A PRESENCE by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: AS ON THE LIDS OF SLUMBER LIES A DREAM
Last Line: ABIDEST NOW.

As on the lids of slumber lies a dream,
Or fragrance on the petals of a flower,
Or on the bosom of the deep, a beam
At twilight's nuptial hour,
So with me, in the soul of Silence, thou
Abidest now.



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