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STABAT MATER (2) by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: THE STAR THAT IN HIS SPLENDOR HID HER OWN
Last Line: ON TEARFUL CALVARY.
Subject(s): CALVARY; MARY. MOTHER OF JESUS; WOMEN - BIBLE; VIRGIN MARY;

The star that in his splendor hid her own,
At Christ's Nativity,
Abides -- a widowed satellite -- alone,
On tearful Calvary.



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