Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


TO SLEEP by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: O TENDER MOTHER, BLIND AND DUMB
Last Line: COME NOW TO ME!
Subject(s): SLEEP;

O tender Mother, blind and dumb,
Who dost to all thy children come
When others flee --
Like Mary at the cross to stay
E'en when our Father turns away,
Come now to me!



Home: PoetryExplorer.net