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TO AN EVENING SHADE by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: O PILGRIM, EVER YEARNING FOR THE EAST
Last Line: "THE MORNING'S SACRIFICE."
Subject(s): NIGHT; BEDTIME;

O pilgrim, ever yearning for the east,
What fate before thee lies?
"The spouse of Night, and, from the wedding feast,
The Morning's sacrifice."



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