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DESERT-ORBS by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: THE WORLD, THEY TELL US, DWINDLES
Last Line: A MEMORY OF DEW!
Subject(s): SYMPATHY; EMPATHY;

The world, they tell us, dwindles
When matched with other spheres;
And yet in all their amplitudes
No place for human tears.
How sterile is the sunshine,
How masculine the blue,
That breeds no shadow, nor betrays
A memory of dew!



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