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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LEAF AND SOUL, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Let go the limb
Last Line: Both leaf and soul let go.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Trees
First Line: Let go the limb
Last Line: Both leaf and soul let go.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Trees
LEAF
Let go the Limb?
My life in him
Alone is found.
Come night, come day,
'Tis here I stay
Above the sapless ground.
SOUL
Let go the warm
Lip-kindled form
And upward fiy?
Come joy, come pain,
I here remain,
Despite the yearning sky.
A sudden frost -- and lo!
Both Leaf and Soul let go.
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