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AT LANIER'S GRAVE by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: I STAND BESIDE A COMRADE TREE
Last Line: THAT BEARS THY SACRED NAME.
Subject(s): GRAVES; LANIER, SIDNEY (1842-1881); TOMBS; TOMBSTONES;
I stand beside a comrade tree
That guards the spot where thou art laid;
For since the light is lost to me
I loiter in the shade.
I lean upon the rugged stone
As on the breast from whence I came,
To learn 'tis not my heart alone
That bears thy sacred name.



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