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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT BETHLEHEM: 3. TO HIS MOTHER, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: He brought a lily white
Last Line: Became as white as snow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: He brought a lily white
Last Line: Became as white as snow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Mothers
HE brought a Lily white,
That bowed its fragrant head
And blushed a rosy red
Before her fairer light.
He brought a Rose; and, lo,
The crimson blossom saw
Her beauty, and in awe
Became as white as snow.
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