Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A HAIRBREADTH, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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First Line: Tis in the twinkle of escape
Last Line: Awaits the hesitating will.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


'Tis in the twinkle of escape
That all our safety lies.
Of danger, whatsoe'er the shape,
The nearness naught implies:
This side is life; that side, a breath
Of deviation, instant death.

'Tis in the present I am free
The mental die to cast;
The future yet of mastery
Is palsied as the past;
Between, the breathless balance still
Awaits the hesitating will.





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