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


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PILGRIMS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Unto the fane of silence come
Last Line: Release for prisoned thought.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Silence


Unto the fane of silence come,
Love-led from alien lands,
Pale pilgrim prayers with upward glance
And falling tears and lifted hands,
And lips with stanched emotion dumb,
To ask for utterance.

There, shadow-like, with folded wings,
In reverence apart,
They wait till lingering time hath brought,
In words or music to the heart,
What spring to wintry nature brings --
Release for prisoned thought.





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