Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVICTED, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: Time shut the door and turned the key Last Line: With the immortal past. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Life; Time | ||||||||
TIME shut the door, and turned the key; And here in darkness (woe is me!) I wait and call in vain: He will not come again! I had but stepped beyond the light, And on the threshold of the night Turned back -- alas, to find Life's portal closed behind! Breathless, I beat the ponderous door: No answer! Silence evermore, Remembering what has been, Sits desolate within. The Present dead, Futurity, Its still-born babe, wakes not for me: I am alone at last With the immortal Past. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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