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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRECURSORS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: The little birds that hither bring
Last Line: The leafy multitude appears.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Birds
First Line: The little birds that hither bring
Last Line: The leafy multitude appears.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Birds
The little birds that hither bring
The earliest messages of spring
Seem, fountain-like, to everflow
With music melted from the snow.
So sweet the tidings that they tell
The hidden buds begin to swell,
Till suddenly, with lifted ears,
The leafy multitude appears.
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