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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN DARKNESS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Dumb silence and her sightless sister sleep
Last Line: Dream-voices and an echoing dream of light.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
First Line: Dumb silence and her sightless sister sleep
Last Line: Dream-voices and an echoing dream of light.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
Dumb silence and her sightless sister sleep
Glide, mistlike, through the deepening vale of night;
Waking, where'er their shadowy garments sweep,
Dream-voices and an echoing dream of light.
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