Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MIDNIGHT, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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MIDNIGHT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A flood of darkness overwhelms the land
Last Line: In egypt, stem the night.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Sleep


A flood of darkness overwhelms the land;
And all that God had planned,
Of loveliness beneath the noonday skies,
A dream o'ershadowed lies.

Amid the universal darkness deep
Only the Isles of Sleep,
As did the dwellings of the Israelite
In Egypt, stem the night.





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