Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO SILENCE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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TO SILENCE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Why the warning finger-tip?
Last Line: "hushed for all eternity."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Silence


Why the warning finger-tip
Pressed forever on thy lip?
"To remind the pilgrim Sound
That it moves on holy ground,
In a breathing-space to be
Hushed for all eternity."





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