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THE GLEANER by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: LO, SILENCE, LIKE A ROVING BEE
Last Line: FOR TIME'S UNFALLOWED FIELDS.

Lo, silence, like a roving bee
Upon her daily round,
To fill the hive of memory
Despoils each blossom-sound,
And winters, as the past devours
Whate'er the present yields,
The promise of immortal flowers
For time's unfallowed fields.



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