Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNMOORED, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: To die in sleep - to drift from dream to dream Last Line: In reverence for a brother's holier name. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
TO die in sleep -- to drift from dream to dream Along the banks of slumber, beckoned on Perchance by forms familiar, till anon, Unconsciously, the ever-widening stream Beyond the breakers bore thee, and the beam Of everlasting morning woke upon Thy dazzled gaze, revealing one by one Thy visions grown immortal in its gleam. O blessed consummation! thus to feel In Death no touch of terror. Tenderly As shadows to the evening hills, he came In garb of God's dear messenger to thee, Nor on thy weary eyelids broke the seal, In reverence for a brother's holier name. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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