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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BECALMED, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: The bar is crossed; but death - the pilot - stands
Last Line: As when upon the treacherous shoals of sleep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
First Line: The bar is crossed; but death - the pilot - stands
Last Line: As when upon the treacherous shoals of sleep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
THE bar is crossed; but Death -- the pilot -- stands
In seeming doubt before the tranquil deep;
The fathom-line still trembling in his hands,
As when upon the treacherous shoals of sleep.
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