Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A WIND-CALL, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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A WIND-CALL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dust thou art, and unto dust
Last Line: Playfellow, return thou must.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Wind


Dust thou art, and unto dust,
Playfellow, return thou must;
Lingering death it is to stay
In the prison-house of clay --
Bricks of Egypt, year by year,
Walling up a sepulchre.

Better far the soul to free
From its cold captivity,
And with us, thy comrades, go
Wheresoe'er we list to blow.
Come, for soon again to dust,
Playfellow, return thou must.





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