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[Poems by Tabb in] Father Tabb

a study of his life and works with uncollected and unpublished poems

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76

KEEP YOUR RYE OPEN

No man, dear doctor, can deny
Your rhymes are worthy of your Rye.
And this to me
Is what in spirits best I find—
Or in a jug, or in mankind—
Viz., Pure-Rye-ty.