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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MOCKING-BIRD, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: O heart that cannot sleep for song
Last Line: Leaps heavenward with thine.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Mockingbirds
First Line: O heart that cannot sleep for song
Last Line: Leaps heavenward with thine.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Mockingbirds
O HEART that cannot sleep for song!
Behold, I wake with thee,
And drink, as from a fountain strong,
Thy midnight melody,
That, poured upon the thirsting silence, seems
Fresh from the shade of dreams
My spirit, like the sapless bough
Of some long-wintered tree,
Feels suddenly the life that now
Sets all thy passion free,
And flushed as in the wakening strength of wine,
Leaps heavenward with thine.
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