Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PASCHAL MOON, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: Thy face is whitened with remembered woe Last Line: And gaze upon thee as thou didst on him. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Gethsemane; Moon | ||||||||
THY face is whitened with remembered woe; For thou alone, pale satellite, didst see, Amid the shadows of Gethsemane, The mingled cup of sacrifice o'erflow; Nor hadst the power of utterance to show The wasting wound of silent sympathy, Till sudden tides, obedient to thee, Sobbed, desolate in weltering anguish, low. The holy night returneth year by year; And, while the mystic vapors from thy rim Distil the dews, as from the Victim there The red drops trickled in the twilight dim, The ocean's changeless threnody we hear, And gaze upon thee as thou didst on Him. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN THE MOON AND THE SPECTATOR by LEONIE ADAMS FULL MOON by KARLE WILSON BAKER NO MORE OF THE MOON by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP THE DEPARTURE by DENISE LEVERTOV THE MOON IN GREECE by TIMOTHY LIU ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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