Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LIFE-GIVER, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: The earth to us her bread Last Line: Upon the ground. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology | ||||||||
The earth to us her bread Of life doth give; And we to her, our dead, That they may live. In vain the vision blest Of Heaven were found, Did faith no ladder rest Upon the ground. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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