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THE CHORD by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: IN THIS NARROW CLOISTER BOUND
Last Line: ONE IN HEAVENLY DESIRE.
Subject(s): SYMPATHY; EMPATHY;

IN this narrow cloister bound
Dwells a Sisterhood of Sound,
Far from alien voices rude
As in secret solitude
Unisons, that yearned apart,
Here, in harmony of heart,
Blend divided sympathies,
And in choral strength arise,
Like the cloven tongues of fire,
One in heavenly desire.



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