Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHADOWS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: Ye shrink not wholly from us when the morn Last Line: The pledges of returning night and rest. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Shadows | ||||||||
YE shrink not wholly from us when the morn Arises red with slaughter, and the slain Sweet visages of tender dreams remain To haunt us through the wakened hours forlorn, Nor when the noontide cometh, and the thorn Of light is centred in the quivering brain, And Memory her pilgrimage of pain Renews, with fainting footsteps, overworn. Nay, then, what time the satellite of day Pursues his path victorious, and the West, Her clouds beleaguered vanishing away, A desert seems of solitude oppressed, Around us still your hovering pinions stay, The pledges of returning night and rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ANIMAL INSIDE THE ANIMAL by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN DRIVING ALONGSIDE THE HOUSANTONIC RIVER ALONE ON A RAINY APRIL NIGHT by WILLIAM MATTHEWS NOCTURNE IN A MINOR KEY by CONRAD AIKEN SONATA IN PATHOS by CONRAD AIKEN I LOOKED FOR LIFE AND DID A SHADOW SEE by JAMES GALVIN ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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