Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ABSOLVED, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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First Line: Far floating o'er its native fen
Last Line: Of radiant rest, appears.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Clouds; Mary Magdalen; Women - Bible; Mary Magdalene


FAR floating o'er its native fen,
The evening Cloud, like Magdalen --
Her penitential tears
Assuaged of Love, her sins forgiven --
Upborne upon a waveless heaven
Of radiant rest, appears.





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