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MOLOKAI by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: THE HEAVEN'S CLEAN SPACE ABOVE IT AND AROUND
Last Line: OF TROPIC LIFE BUT SNOW-CLAD LEPROSY.
Subject(s): DAMIEN, FATHER (1840-1889); LEPROSY; MOLOKAI, HAWAII; LEPERS;
The heaven's clean space above it and around
The one expanse whereon no stain can be;
Soothing all else within an Eden bound
Of tropic life but snow-clad leprosy.



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