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HOLY GROUND by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: PAUSE WHERE APART THE FALLEN SPARROW LIES
Last Line: ENSHRINES THE DEAD.
Subject(s): BIRDS; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;

PAUSE where apart the fallen sparrow lies,
And lightly tread;
For there the pity of a Father's eyes
Enshrines the dead.



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