John Bannister Tabb

1845-1909 / the United States

To A Photograph

O tender shade!
Lone captive of enamoured Light,
That from an angel visage bright
A glance betrayed.
Dost thou not sigh
To wander from thy prison-place?
To seek again the vanished face,
Or else, to die?
A shade like thee,
Dim Eidolon-a dream disproved-
A memory of light removed,
Behold in me!
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