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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RIVER (2), by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: How calm the silent sister of the sea
Last Line: Unending motion in unending rest.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Rivers
First Line: How calm the silent sister of the sea
Last Line: Unending motion in unending rest.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Rivers
How calm the silent sister of the sea!
No ripple on her ever-moving breast;
The glass of Time and of Eternity --
Unending motion in unending rest.
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