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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A BLIND BABE, SLEEPING, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Are thy dreams dark? Or is the light
Last Line: A kindling radiance appears.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Babies; Blindness; Sleep; Infants; Visually Handicapped
First Line: Are thy dreams dark? Or is the light
Last Line: A kindling radiance appears.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Babies; Blindness; Sleep; Infants; Visually Handicapped
Are thy dreams dark? or is the light
Alone denied thy waking sight,
While softer stars their vigils keep
Within thy hemisphere of sleep?
Yea: haply, as noon-blinded beams
Awake in darkness, o'er thy dreams
The pity that begets our tears,
A kindling radiance appears.
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