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ANIMULA VAGA (1) by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: A SPIRIT FROM THE GRAVE
Last Line: TO LIFE SO NEAR!
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;

A spirit from the grave
Again I come,
E'en as I vanished, save
Disrobed and dumb.

No shadow as I pass --
However clear
The wave on mirroring glass --
Betrays me near;

Nor unto them that live
Forlorn of me,
A signal can I give
Of sympathy.

Ah, better 'twere to hide
Where none appear
Than thus in death abide
To life so near!



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