English Poetry. John Bannister Tabb. The Vampire Moon. Джон Банистер Табб.

John Bannister Tabb (Джон Банистер Табб)

The Vampire Moon

The vital vapors to absorb,
The moon, with famished gaze,
Suspends her lean, malignant orb
Above a dying face.

I watch her like a folded flower,
As silently expand
The pulses waving hour by hour
And heavier the hand,

Till she hath brimmed her cup; and I
An empty chalice hold;
My heart, in agony, as dry,
In wintriness as cold.

John Bannister Tabb’s other poems:

1. Chimney Stacks
2. The Bobolink
3. The Bee and the Blossoms
4. A Duet
5. Butterfly

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