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DESMOS by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: I AM THY CAPTIVE; BREAK THOU NOT MY CHAIN
Last Line: BONDAGE ALONE IS LIFE AND LIBERTY.

I am Thy captive; break Thou not my chain;
Beyond my dungeon all is death to me.
Here must my soul, Love's prisoner, remain;
Bondage alone is life and liberty.



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