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BEAUTY by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: SHE SLEEPS, HER HIDING-PLACE UNKNOWN
Last Line: TO PRESS HIS LIPS TO HERS.
Subject(s): BEAUTY;

She sleeps, her hiding-place unknown
To other worshippers,
Till Art, her lover, comes alone
To press his lips to hers.



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