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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHERRY BLOOM, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Frailest and first to stand
Last Line: The parent tree.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Cherry Trees
First Line: Frailest and first to stand
Last Line: The parent tree.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Cherry Trees
Frailest and first to stand
Upon the border-land
From darkness shriven,
In livery of death
Thou utterest the breath
And light of heaven.
Though profitless thou seem
As doth a poet's dream,
Apart from thee
Nor limb nor laboring root
May load with ripened fruit
The parent tree.
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