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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INSCRIPTIONS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: The epitaph of night
Last Line: Above each grave.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Day; Graves; Night; Tombs; Tombstones; Bedtime
First Line: The epitaph of night
Last Line: Above each grave.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Day; Graves; Night; Tombs; Tombstones; Bedtime
The epitaph of night
The sunbeams write;
The epitaph of day,
The shadows gray;
One requiem of wind and wave
Above each grave.
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