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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DAWN-BURST, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Lo, now the dead volcano night
Last Line: Of song foretold.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Dawn; Sunrise
First Line: Lo, now the dead volcano night
Last Line: Of song foretold.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Dawn; Sunrise
Lo, now the dead volcano Night
In silence cold
Throbs; and the prisoned lava, long controlled,
Bursts forth in molten gold --
A torrent mightier far than rolled
From Aetna or Vesuvius of old,
Or ever prophet on the sacred height
Of song foretold.
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