Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A BLIND BABE, SLEEPING, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: Are thy dreams dark? Or is the light Last Line: A kindling radiance appears. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Babies; Blindness; Sleep; Infants; Visually Handicapped | ||||||||
Are thy dreams dark? or is the light Alone denied thy waking sight, While softer stars their vigils keep Within thy hemisphere of sleep? Yea: haply, as noon-blinded beams Awake in darkness, o'er thy dreams The pity that begets our tears, A kindling radiance appears. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BLIND POET by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) HE HAD A GOOD YEAR by MARVIN BELL THE BLIND SHEEP by RANDALL JARRELL THE BLIND by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE BLIND DOG OF VENICE by RON PADGETT BATTLE AFTER WAR by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON BOARDING: 5. THE DADAR SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND by REETIKA VAZIRANI ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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