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THE BIRTHDAY by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: ANOTHER BLOSSOM BLOOMS FOR THEE
Last Line: THOU TOO BEHOLD IT VERY GOOD!
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;

Another blossom blooms for thee
Upon the never-failing Tree
Of Life -- the same in breath and hue
As was the first that drank the dew,
When God within His garden stood
Alone and found it "very good."

So be it, when -- thy garden done,
And all thy labors one by one
Recorded -- through the twilight dim
He comes to did thee walk with Him
Into a vaster solitude,
Thou too behold it very good!



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