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BENIGHTED by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: HER MISTRESS WOULD NOT HAVE HER STAY
Last Line: MY HAGAR'S, SANDS BESIDE THE SEA.
Subject(s): HAGAR;
Her mistress would not have her stay;
And so the fair hand-maiden, Day --
My Hagar -- banished from my sight,
Has left me to her rival, Night.

But still she lingers in the glow
Of life above us and below:
The stars my Sarah's progeny;
My Hagar's, sands beside the sea.



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