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


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MY PHOTOGRAPH, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My sister sunshine smiled on me
Last Line: "of radiance from above."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Death; Photography & Photographers; Dead, The


MY sister Sunshine smiled on me,
And of my visage wrought a shade.
"Behold," she cried, "the mystery
Of which thou art afraid!

"For Death is but a tenderness,
A shadow, that unclouded Love
Hath fashioned in its own excess
Of radiance from above."





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