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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOO LATE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Sighed a poet when his fame
Last Line: For I've lived just thirty years beyond the time!
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Fame; Poetry & Poets; Time; Reputation
First Line: Sighed a poet when his fame
Last Line: For I've lived just thirty years beyond the time!
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Fame; Poetry & Poets; Time; Reputation
Sighed a poet when his fame
After fifty winters came
And the Editors were asking for his rhyme:
Alas, I've lost my chance
As a hero of romance,
For I've lived just thirty years beyond the time!
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Other Poems of Interest...
THEM AND US by LUCILLE CLIFTON
A MAN TO A WOMAN by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
DEATH AND FAME by ALLEN GINSBERG
EARTH'S IMMORTALITIES: FAME by ROBERT BROWNING
STANZAS WRITTEN ON THE ROAD BETWEEN FLORENCE AND PISA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON
PROVIDE, PROVIDE by ROBERT FROST
ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB