Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DEATHLESS WIND, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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THE DEATHLESS WIND, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Thou canst not die; for who can slay
Last Line: To know thou canst not die?
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Wind


Thou canst not die; for who can slay
A spirit like to thee?
Yet do we envy not thy stay
When all things else that be
Thy boon companions pass away
And perish utterly.

And is it, restless Wanderer,
The secret of the sigh
That in thy gentlest moods we hear
Or of the wailing cry
When tempests wild fill thee with fear --
To know thou canst not die?





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