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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BREAKERS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Tis well the dimples sweet
Last Line: The sand to see.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
First Line: Tis well the dimples sweet
Last Line: The sand to see.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
'Tis well the dimples sweet
To kiss away,
The marks of little feet
That love the spray;
For, once the children gone,
'Twere mockery
The vestiges upon
The sand to see.
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