EVOLUTION
by: John Banister Tabb
(1845-1909)
 UT of the dusk a shadow,
- Then, a spark;
- Out of the cloud a silence,
- Then, a lark;
- Out of the heart a rapture,
- Then, a pain;
- Out of the dead, cold ashes,
- Life again.
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"Evolution" is reprinted
from The Little Book of American Poets: 1787-1900. Ed.
Jessie B. Rittenhouse. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1915. |
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