Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STATUE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: First fashioned in the artist's brain Last Line: That heaven reveals to earth. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Silence; Statues | ||||||||
First fashioned in the artist's brain, It stood as in the marble vein, Revealed to him alone; Nor could he from its native night Have led it to the living light, Save through the lifeless stone. E'en so, of silence and of sound A twin-born mystery is found, Like as of death and birth; Without the pause we had not heard The harmony, nor caught the word That heaven reveals to earth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BAMBERGER REITER by MARY KINZIE FRAGMENT OF THE HEAD OF A QUEEN by CATE MARVIN STATUE AND BIRDS by LOUISE BOGAN STATUES IN THE PARK by BILLY COLLINS STATUETTE: LATE MINOAN by CECIL DAY LEWIS THE STATUE OF A LIBERTINE by RON PADGETT ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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