Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BRIDGE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: Where, as a lordly dream Last Line: From shore to shore! Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Bridges; Life | ||||||||
Where, as a lordly dream, Glides the deep-winding stream For evermore; Calm, as in conscious strength, Bends thy majestic length From shore to shore. Life, in its fevered heat, Surges, with pulsing feet, Restless, above; Doomed, in its anxious flow, Like the strong tide below, Onward to move. Strange is the motley throng! Hearts yet untaught of wrong, Thoughtless of pain, Mingle with souls accursed, Sands in a desert thirst -- Clouds without rain. While o'er thee and below Swift the twin currents flow, Thy form serene Still as the shades that sleep On the reflecting deep Arches between. O that, all strife above, Strong in the strength thereof Man evermore Built with a broader span Love for his fellow-man From shore to shore! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW THE WORLD IS SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP by DAVID IGNATOW ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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