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Lyrics by John B Tabb

Tabb, John B. (1845-1909)

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20

THE PINE-TREE.

With whispers of futurity
And echoes of the past,
Twin birds a shelter find in thee
Against the wintry blast,—
The fledgling Hope, that preens her wing,
Too timorous to fly,
And Memory, that comes to sing
Her coranach, and die.
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