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NOMADS by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: WE ARE BUT PILGRIMS; AND THE SKIN
Last Line: TILL DEATH A DWELLING-HOUSE PROVIDE.
Subject(s): PILGRIMAGES & PILGRIMS;

We are but pilgrims; and the skin
That covers us, the tent wherein,
Awake or sleeping, we abide
Till death a dwelling-house provide.



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