Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE OMEN, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: He crept behind me, and his gentle hand Last Line: Is tenderly upon mine eyelids pressed. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Omens | ||||||||
He crept behind me, and his gentle hand Laid on my lids, lest I too soon should see The face in all the world most dear to me. The meaning then I did not understand. But now that he is vanished, I have guessed The import of the far foreshadowed sign: For closer than was his the hand Divine Is tenderly upon mine eyelids pressed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INVENTORY by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR RORY O'MORE; OR, ALL FOR GOOD LUCK by SAMUEL LOVER THE RAPE OF THE LOCK: CANTO 2 by ALEXANDER POPE SONNET: DEATH-WARNINGS by FRANCISCO GOMEZ DE QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS THE WIND ON THE HILLS by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER THE OMEN by JANIE ELLEN LUELLING BYRNES BALLAD TO THE TUNE OF 'TO PARLIAMENT THE QUEEN IS GONE' by PATRICK CAREY A FOREBODING by MARY M. SINGLETON CURRIE ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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