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THE WAY-SIDE TREE by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: THE LOITERERS IN MY SHADE OF OLD
Last Line: THE HOLY SEPULCHRE OF REST.
Subject(s): TREES;

The loiterers in my shade of old
Themselves are shadows now;
Their bodies, mingled with the mold,
Upbreathe to many a bough
The leaves o'ershadowing today
Some fellow-pilgrim on the way
That leads him to the vision blest,
The Holy Sepulchre of Rest.



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