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THE ANNUNCIATION (2) by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: FIAT' - THE FLAMING WORD
Last Line: OF LIFE AND LIGHT.
Subject(s): ANNUNCIATION, THE; MARY. MOTHER OF JESUS; WOMEN - BIBLE; VIRGIN MARY;
"FIAT!" -- The flaming word
Flashed, as the brooding Bird
Uttered the doom far heard
Of Death and Night.

"Fiat!" -- A cloistered womb --
A sealed, untainted tomb --
Wakes to the birth and bloom
Of Life and Light.



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