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RABBONI by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: I BRING THEE BALM, AND LO, THOU ART NOT HERE
Last Line: "RABBONI!"" -- ONLY THIS."
Subject(s): EASTER; HOLIDAYS; JESUS CHRIST; THE RESURRECTION;
"IBRING Thee balm, and, lo, Thou art not here!
Twice have I poured mine ointment on Thy brow,
And washed Thy feet with tears. Disdain'st Thou now
The spikenard and the myrrh?

Has Death, alas, betrayed Thee with a kiss
That seals Thee from the memory of mine?"
"Mary!" It is the self-same Voice Divine.
"Rabboni!" -- only this.



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