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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SYMPATHY (2), by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Lo! Of gladness or regret
Last Line: Twixt the dewdrop and the tear.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Sympathy; Empathy
First Line: Lo! Of gladness or regret
Last Line: Twixt the dewdrop and the tear.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Sympathy; Empathy
Lo! of gladness or regret
Teardrops in the violet
Weeping till her leaves are wet
Dewdrops in mine eyes beget!
Mirrored in each lucid sphere,
Highest heaven to earth is near;
Closer sympathies are here
'Twixt the dewdrop and the tear.
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