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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EXALTATION, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: O leaf upon the highest bough
Last Line: Nor finds what it hath made.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Trees
First Line: O leaf upon the highest bough
Last Line: Nor finds what it hath made.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Trees
O leaf upon the highest bough,
The poet of the woods art thou
To whom alone 'tis given --
The farthest from thy place of birth --
To hold communion with the earth
Nor lose the light of heaven.
O leaf upon the topmost height,
Amid they heritage of light
Unsheltered by a shade,
'Tis thine the loneliness to know
That leans for sympathy below
Nor finds what it hath made.
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