Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO A PHOTOGRAPH, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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TO A PHOTOGRAPH, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O tender shade
Last Line: Behold in me!
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Photography & Photographers


O TENDER shade!
Lone captive of enamoured Light,
That from an angel visage bright
A glance betrayed.

Dost thou not sigh
To wander from thy prison-place?
To seek again the vanished face,
Or else, to die?

A shade like thee,
Dim Eidolon -- a dream disproved --
A memory of light removed,
Behold in me!





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