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[Poems by Tabb in] Father Tabb

a study of his life and works with uncollected and unpublished poems

Tabb, John B. (1845-1909)

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“NICK'S RATIFICATION

THE DOCTOR'S ADVICE

FOR A YOUNGSTER

WHY THE JOURNEY IS MADE

KEEP YOUR RYE OPEN

“VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE”

A SECOND-TERM SCENTED

APPENDIX I. UNCOLLECTED POEMS

APPENDIX II. UNPUBLISHED POEMS OF THE BROWNE-TABB ALBUM

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APPENDIX III. UNPUBLISHED POEMS OF THE CONNOR MANUSCRIPT

(THE MESSAGE OF THE GRASS)

TO THE NEW MOON

SECOND CHILDHOOD

THE SWORD OF SIMEON

“OMNIPOTENCE IN BONDS”

THE ORIGIN OF TEARS

TO A SON IN CHRIST

MORNING-GLORIES

ALFRED TENNYSON

TO A DEAD THRUSH

THE PHANTOM WRAITH

THE MORNING STAR

WHERE ARMIES MET

CHRIST THE MENDICANT

THE WAY-SIDE TREE

LIGHT IN DARKNESS

UNDER THE TREES

TIME'S MEZZOTINT

THE LARK'S FIAT

THE CHRIST-LIKE SPRING

ODE TO A PASSION

APPENDIX IV. UNPUBLISHED POEMS FROM THE DONAHOE CLASS-BOOK

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A SONG OF EXPECTANCY

Time will tell us: only wait;
He alone the secret knows,
He alone the Delphic gate
Shuts, or open throws.

Time will tell us: kind is he;
Sorrow wins not by delay,
But the wine of joy to be
Ripens day by day.