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SLEEP (4) by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: A HOUSE OF HANDS NOT BUILDED LIKE THE SKY
Last Line: WITH INNOCENCE BESIDE THE LAMB OF GOD.

A house of hands not builded like the sky,
O'erbending, but unsullied by the sod --
Where Guilt alike oblivious may lie
With Innocence beside the lamb of God.



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