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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIGHT IN DARKNESS (1), by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: The day - of sorrow pitiless
Last Line: The dawn-extinguished star.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Day; Night; Bedtime
First Line: The day - of sorrow pitiless
Last Line: The dawn-extinguished star.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Day; Night; Bedtime
The day -- of sorrow pitiless --
Proclaims, "He is not here."
But never hath the tenderness
Of night denied thee near.
Nay, within the twilight sympathy
Returning from afar,
She wakes again from memory
The dawn-extinguished star.
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