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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PORTRAIT, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Each has his angel-guardian. Mine, I know
Last Line: His very self; but from himself how changed!
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Change; Portraits
First Line: Each has his angel-guardian. Mine, I know
Last Line: His very self; but from himself how changed!
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Change; Portraits
EACH has his Angel-Guardian. Mine, I know,
Looks on me from that pictured face. Behold,
How clear, between those rifted clouds of gold,
The radiant brow! It is the morning glow
Of Innocence, ere yet the heart let go
The leading-strings of Heaven. Upon the eyes
No shadow: like the restful noonday skies
They sanctify the teeming world below.
Why bows my soul before it? None but thou,
O tender child, has known the life estranged
From thee and all that made thy days of joy
The measure of my own. Behold me now --
The man that begs a blessing of the boy --
His very self; but from himself how changed!
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