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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SNOW-BIRD, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: When snow, like silence visible
Last Line: Thou vanishest like snow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Birds
First Line: When snow, like silence visible
Last Line: Thou vanishest like snow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Birds
When snow, like silence visible,
Hath hushed the summer bird,
Thy voice, a never-frozen rill
Of melody, is heard.
But when from winter's lethargy
The buds begin to blow,
Thy voice is mute, and suddenly
Thou vanishest like snow.
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