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STABAT by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: WHY, O MY GOD, HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME
Last Line: THAT SHE ABIDES WHEN THOU FORSAKEST ME?
Subject(s): RELIGION; THEOLOGY;

Why, O my God, hast Thou forsaken me?
Not so my Mother; for behold and see,
She steadfast stands! O Father, shall it be
That @3she@1 abides when Thou forsakest me?



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