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Jack-o'-Lantern

by John Banister Tabb 1845–1909

From Child Verse (1900)

Nature

"Jack-o'-Lantern, Jack-o'-Lantern,
Tell me where you hide by day?"
"In the cradle where the vapours
Dream the sunlit hours away."

"Jack-o'-Lantern, Jack-o'-Lantern,
Who rekindles you at night?"
"Any firefly in the meadow
Lends a Jack-o'-Lantern light."

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MLA

Tabb, John Banister. “Jack-o'-Lantern.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/15/.

Chicago

Tabb, John Banister. “Jack-o'-Lantern.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/15/.

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