“O,
teach thy power to me,
Calm
mid all storm to be,
And evermore,
Over
Time's restless tide,
World-weary
feet to guide
From shore to shore!”—American poet (and
Roman Catholic priest) John Bannister Tabb (1845-1909), “The Bridge,” in Poems
(1882); also featured in American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century,
Vol. 2, edited by John Hollander (1993)
(I
took the accompanying picture of the
Brooklyn Bridge more than two years ago.)
