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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NEIGHBOR, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Full many a heedless fellow man
Last Line: "o landlord, I'll repay."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
First Line: Full many a heedless fellow man
Last Line: "o landlord, I'll repay."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
Full many a heedless fellow man
Had passed him on the way,
But Night, the Good Samaritan,
Beholding where he lay,
Upbore him to the Inn of Sleep,
And there I heard him say,
"Whate'er the charges of his keep,
O Landlord, I'll repay."
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