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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT LANIER'S GRAVE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: I stand beside a comrade tree
Last Line: That bears thy sacred name.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Graves; Lanier, Sidney (1842-1881); Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: I stand beside a comrade tree
Last Line: That bears thy sacred name.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Graves; Lanier, Sidney (1842-1881); Tombs; Tombstones
I stand beside a comrade tree
That guards the spot where thou art laid;
For since the light is lost to me
I loiter in the shade.
I lean upon the rugged stone
As on the breast from whence I came,
To learn 'tis not my heart alone
That bears thy sacred name.
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