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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TIME'S LEGACY, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: The night so long to grief
Last Line: To each, unaltered, be!
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Time
First Line: The night so long to grief
Last Line: To each, unaltered, be!
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Time
The night so long to grief,
The day to joy so brief,
What shall eternity
To each, unaltered, be!
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