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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GLIMPSES, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: As one who in the hush of twilight hears
Last Line: That teach me half the mystery of death.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
First Line: As one who in the hush of twilight hears
Last Line: That teach me half the mystery of death.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
AS one who in the hush of twilight hears
The pausing pulse of Nature, when the Light
Commingles in the dim mysterious rite
Of Darkness with the mutual pledge of tears,
Till soft, anon, one timorous star appears,
Pale-budding as the earliest blossom white
That comes in Winter's livery bedight,
To hide the gifts of genial Spring she bears, --
So, unto me -- what time the mysteries
Of consciousness and slumber weave a dream
And pause above it with abated breath,
Like intervals in music -- lights arise,
Beyond prophetic Nature's farthest gleam,
That teach me half the mystery of Death.
Other Poems of Interest...
AT BETHLEHEM: 1. THE CHILD by JOHN BANISTER TABB
AT BETHLEHEM: 3. TO HIS MOTHER by JOHN BANISTER TABB
EVOLUTION by JOHN BANISTER TABB
INDIAN SUMMER (2) by JOHN BANISTER TABB
THE DEPARTED by JOHN BANISTER TABB
THE SISTERS by JOHN BANISTER TABB
THE WATER-LILY by JOHN BANISTER TABB
TO SHELLEY by JOHN BANISTER TABB