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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SOIL-SONG, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: I give what ne'er was mine
Last Line: And thus the world reclothe.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Soil
First Line: I give what ne'er was mine
Last Line: And thus the world reclothe.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Soil
I give what ne'er was mine --
To every seed the power
Of stem and leaf and flower,
Of fruit or fragrance fine;
And take what others loathe --
Of death the foulest forms,
Wherewith to feed my worms,
And thus the world reclothe.
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