Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The sculptor in the marble found
Last Line: Beneath the noonday skies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Sculpture & Sculptors; Sleep


The sculptor in the marble found
Her hidden from the world around,
As in a donjon keep;
With gentle hand he took away
The coverlet that o'er her lay,
But left her fast asleep.

And still she slumbers; e'en as he
Who saw in far futurity
What now before us lies --
The fairest vision that the stream
Of night, subsiding, leaves agleam
Beneath the noonday skies.





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