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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ATTAR OF ROSES, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: The wafture of a thousand flowers is here
Last Line: The unextinguished flame.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses
First Line: The wafture of a thousand flowers is here
Last Line: The unextinguished flame.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses
The wafture of a thousand flowers is here
Concentrated from afar,
As gleams of many a steadfast sister sphere
Upon a wandering star.
And every breath in sweet remembrance bears
The blossom whence it came,
As radiance, or genial warmth, declares
The unextinguished flame.
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