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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO AN EXILE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: As still upon the prophet shone
Last Line: The splendor of thy native skies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Exiles
First Line: As still upon the prophet shone
Last Line: The splendor of thy native skies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Exiles
As still upon the prophet shone
A light, when God himself was gone,
So lives, unbanished from thine eyes,
The splendor of thy native skies.
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