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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PILGRIM, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: When, but a child, I wandered hence
Last Line: Where we were wont to be.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Innocence; Self
First Line: When, but a child, I wandered hence
Last Line: Where we were wont to be.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Innocence; Self
When, but a child, I wandered hence,
Another child -- sweet Innocence,
My sister -- went with me;
But I have lost her, and am fain
To seek her in the home again
Where we were wont to be.
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