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



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First Line: Says the land. 'o sister sea
Last Line: "tis in thy strength they stand!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Sympathy; Togetherness; Empathy


SAYS the Land, "O sister Sea,
Had'st thou not borne the voyagers to me,
Vain were their visions grand,
And I, e'en now, perchance, a stranger-land:
So, thine the glory be!"

Says the Sea, "Nay, brother Land;
Had'st thou not outward stretched the saving hand,
My bosom now had kept
The secret where the souls heroic slept;
'Tis in thy strength they stand!"





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