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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHERE ARMIES MET, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: I heard the distant summons loud
Last Line: The silence of the shrouding snow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Storms
First Line: I heard the distant summons loud
Last Line: The silence of the shrouding snow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Storms
I heard the distant summons loud
To battle, from the crested Cloud,
The vaunting trumpet of the Gale,
The rattling musketry of Hail,
The sobbing of the Rain, and lo!
The silence of the shrouding Snow.
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