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THE PURIFICATION by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: WHERE, WOMAN IS THINE OFFERING
Last Line: "AND I, THE MOTHER-DOVE."
Subject(s): MARY. MOTHER OF JESUS; WOMEN - BIBLE; VIRGIN MARY;

Where, woman, is thine offering,
The debt of law and love?
"My Babe a tender nestling is,
And I, the mother-dove."



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