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VICTIMS by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: BEHOLD, THROUGHOUT THE LAND
Last Line: THE SACRIFICE IS DONE.
Subject(s): TREES;
Behold, throughout the land,
On many a smoking pyre
The maple-martyrs stand
Ablaze in autumn fire.

The winds are hushed in prayer,
Till, falling one by one,
Dumbfounded leaves declare
The sacrifice is done.



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