Narcissus
By John Banister Tabb
The god enamoured never knew
The shadow that beguiled his view,
Nor deemed it less divinely true
Than Life and Love.
And so the poet, while he wrought
His image in the tide of thought,
Deemed it a glimpse in darkness caught
Of light above.
Source Book
Poems
by John Banister Tabb
Copyright 1860
Published by Ticknor And Fields, Boston
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