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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
O'ERCOME, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: I pause for tears. But thou, my lute
Last Line: How silence holds me prisoner.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Silence
First Line: I pause for tears. But thou, my lute
Last Line: How silence holds me prisoner.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Silence
I pause for tears. But thou, my lute,
Why art thou, like thy master, mute?
Hath harmony within thee bred
The hope thou hast interpreted?
Nay, if thou falter, Love may deem
Our passion but an idle dream.
Speak then, my lute, that all may hear
How silence holds me prisoner.
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