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SACRIFICE by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: THE DUSKY MOTHER OF THE ROSY MORN
Last Line: WHEN, FLUSHED WITH TEARS, THE MAN-CHILD JOY IS BORN.

The dusky mother of the rosy morn
Dies at its birth, contented to depart;
As sorrow from the precincts of the heart
When, flushed with tears, the man-child joy is born.



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