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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PHANTOMS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Are ye the ghosts of fallen leaves
Last Line: Again in green?
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Ghosts; Supernatural
First Line: Are ye the ghosts of fallen leaves
Last Line: Again in green?
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Ghosts; Supernatural
ARE ye the ghosts of fallen leaves,
O flakes of snow,
For which, through naked trees, the winds
A-mourning go?
Or are ye angels, bearing home
The host unseen
Of truant spirits, to be clad
Again in green?
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