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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TRIUMPH, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Despite the north wind's boast
Last Line: "of ""life and victory!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Survival; Winter
First Line: Despite the north wind's boast
Last Line: "of ""life and victory!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Survival; Winter
Despite the north wind's boast,
Despite the muffled host
Of hushing snow,
There cometh from below
Out of the darkness wakened, one by one
The dreamers of the sun --
Not in the bleak array
Of winter, but with fragrant banners gay
Leaping the barriers strong
Of ice, and loosing song,
The prisoner, and letting go
Long-fettered laughter, as the shadowy foe
Shrinks from the echoing cry
Of "life and victory!"
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