Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LIGHT AND SHADOW, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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First Line: I love you, little maid'
Last Line: And he felt her tresses softly trailing o'er him.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime


"I love you, little maid,"
Said the Sunbeam to the Shade,
As all day long she shrank away before him;
But at twilight, ere he died,
She was weeping at his side;
And he felt her tresses softly trailing o'er him.





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