Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE RECOMPENSE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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THE RECOMPENSE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: She brake the box, and all the house was filled
Last Line: And fills the world with rapture and with light.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; The Resurrection


SHE brake the box, and all the house was filled
With waftures from the fragrant store thereof,
While at His feet a costlier vase distilled
The bruised balm of penitential love.

And, lo, as if in recompense of her,
Bewildered in the lingering shades of night,
He breaks anon the sealed sepulchre,
And fills the world with rapture and with light.





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