Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MY CAPTIVE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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MY CAPTIVE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I brought a blossom home with me
Last Line: Of heaven, and heaven her countenance.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Heaven; Sympathy; Paradise; Empathy


I brought a blossom home with me
Beneath my roof to stay;
But timorous and frail was she,
And died before the day:
She missed the measureless expanse
Of heaven, and heaven her countenance.





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