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AN INTERPRETER by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: WHAT, O ETERNITY
Last Line: LOVE'S PRISONED THOUGHT TO FREE.
Subject(s): LOVE;

What, O Eternity,
Is time to thee?
What to the boundless All
My portion small?

Lift up thine eyes, my soul!
Against the tidal roll
Stands many a stone,
Whereon the breakers thrown
Are dashed to spray;
Else were the ocean dumb.

So, in the way
Of tides eternal, thou
Abidest now;
And God himself doth come
A suppliant to thee,
Love's prisoned thought to free.



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