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TO MY SHADOW, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Friend forever in the light
Last Line: "never thence wilt thou."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Shadows; Sympathy; Empathy


FRIEND forever in the light
Cleaving to my side,
Harbinger of endless night
That must soon betide;

"Hither," seemest thou to say,
"From the twilight now:
In the darkness when I stay,
Never thence wilt thou."





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