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SAND by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: STERILE SISTER THOUGH I BE
Last Line: BREATHING IMMORTALITY.
Subject(s): IMMORTALITY; SEASHORE; BEACH; COAST; SHORE;

Sterile sister though I be,
Twinborn to the barren sea,
Yet of all things fruitful we
Wait the end; and presently,
Lo, they are not! Then to me
(Children to the nurse's knee)
Come the billows fresh and free,
Breathing immortality.



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