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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HEREDITY (1), by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: The children of the night
Last Line: His doom to weep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Day; Night; Bedtime
First Line: The children of the night
Last Line: His doom to weep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Day; Night; Bedtime
The children of the night,
The star, the glowworm bright,
The dewdrop clear,
In livery of light
Undimmed appear.
The children of the Day,
The cleaving shadows gray,
Wan vigils keep,
Twice on their twilight way
His doom to weep.
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