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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BARTIMEUS TO THE BIRD, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Had I no revelation but thy voice
Last Line: To waken mine.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Birds
First Line: Had I no revelation but thy voice
Last Line: To waken mine.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Birds
Had I no revelation but thy voice,
No word but thine,
Still would my soul in certitude rejoice
That love divine
Thy heart, his hidden instrument, employs,
To waken mine.
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