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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO SIDNEY LANIER (1), by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: The dewdrop holds the heaven above
Last Line: With an immortal lay.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Lanier, Sidney (1842-1881)
First Line: The dewdrop holds the heaven above
Last Line: With an immortal lay.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Lanier, Sidney (1842-1881)
THE dewdrop holds the heaven above,
Wherein a lark, unseen,
Outpours a rhapsody of love
That fills the space between.
My heart a dewdrop is, and thou,
Dawn-spirit, far away,
Fillest the void between us now
With an immortal lay.
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