Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A FLEETING GUEST, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: Through the foul arch of night Last Line: Into a tear! Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Night; Bedtime | ||||||||
Through the foul arch of night On airy pinions white It came to me, And in the smile of day All beautiful it lay, Yet pale to see. "Whence comest thou?" I cried; A silence soft replied: "From regions vast -- The ocean gave me birth And thence through heaven to earth My spirit passed." As o'er an elfin bright I bent with strange delight, But all too near; For lo! my breathing warm Dissolved the magic charm Into a tear! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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