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IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: FIRST SPIRIT
Last Line: DROVE EACH HIS FATE-DETERMINED WAY.
Subject(s): RELIGION; THEOLOGY;

First Spirit
I am this moment freed from earth.
Second Spirit
And I am a captive bound to birth.
Who art thou?

First Spirit
Flesh and blood to be
Cleave not closer unto thee.
Second Spirit
My father?
First Spirit
Yea.

A mingling breath
They drew. Then rival Life and Death
As if rebuking Love's delay
Drove each his fate-determined way.



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