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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CLOUDS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Born of the waters are we
Last Line: Mothers of rain and snow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Clouds
First Line: Born of the waters are we
Last Line: Mothers of rain and snow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Clouds
Born of the waters are we,
Clean of original stain;
Fresh from the salt of the sea,
Pure from the marsh and the plain.
Borne of the breezes above
Whithersoever they go,
Made in a mystical love,
Mothers of rain and snow.
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