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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BILLOWS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Of tribes that in the desert fell
Last Line: Upon the sterile sea.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Wandering & Wanderers
First Line: Of tribes that in the desert fell
Last Line: Upon the sterile sea.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Wandering & Wanderers
Of tribes that in the desert fell
The wandering souls are we --
Wind-scattered seed of Ishmael
Upon the sterile sea.
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