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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO SLEEP, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: O tender mother, blind and dumb
Last Line: Come now to me!
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Sleep
First Line: O tender mother, blind and dumb
Last Line: Come now to me!
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Sleep
O tender Mother, blind and dumb,
Who dost to all thy children come
When others flee --
Like Mary at the cross to stay
E'en when our Father turns away,
Come now to me!
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