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LOSS AND GAIN by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: BEHOLD, THY MOTHER! 'TIS THE LOSS
Last Line: A BABE TO BETHLEHEM HE CAME.

"Behold Thy Mother! 'Tis the loss
Of heaven, the load of shame,
The sweat of agony, the cross,
That ratifies thy claim."

He heard; and for the tender name
A Babe to Bethlehem He came.



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