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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A QUERY, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Was it the dawn that waked the bird
Last Line: Affirm for both.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Dawn; Sunrise
First Line: Was it the dawn that waked the bird
Last Line: Affirm for both.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Dawn; Sunrise
Was it the dawn that waked the bird
With yonder spark?
Or had the sleeping darkness stirred
Before the Lark?
For either rival to declare
The winds are loth;
And blossoms, nodding everywhere,
Affirm for both.
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