English Poetry. John Bannister Tabb. Fog. Джон Банистер Табб.

John Bannister Tabb (Джон Банистер Табб)

Fog

The ghost am I
Of winds that die
Alike on land or sea,
In silence deep
To shroud and keep
Their mournful memory.

A spirit white
I stalk the night,
Or, shadowing the skies,
Forbid the sun
To look upon
My noonday mysteries.

John Bannister Tabb’s other poems:

1. Chimney Stacks
2. The Bobolink
3. The Bee and the Blossoms
4. The Honey-Bee
5. The Pleiads

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

Louise Guiney (Луиза Гвини) Fog (“Like bodiless water passing in a sigh”)

Emma Lazarus (Эмма Лазарус) Fog (“Light silken curtain, colorless and soft”)

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