Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIMITATION, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: Breathe above me or below Last Line: Life in time's captivity. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Life; Time | ||||||||
BREATHE above me or below; Never canst thou farther go Than the spirit's octave-span, Harmonizing God and Man. Thus within the iris-bound, Light a prisoner is found; Thus within my soul I see Life in Time's captivity. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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