Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BIRTHDAY, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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THE BIRTHDAY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Another blossom blooms for thee
Last Line: Thou too behold it very good!
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


Another blossom blooms for thee
Upon the never-failing Tree
Of Life -- the same in breath and hue
As was the first that drank the dew,
When God within His garden stood
Alone and found it "very good."

So be it, when -- thy garden done,
And all thy labors one by one
Recorded -- through the twilight dim
He comes to did thee walk with Him
Into a vaster solitude,
Thou too behold it very good!





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