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Poems by John B. Tabb
Tabb, John B. (1845-1909)
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QUATRAINS.
SONNETS.
THE INDIAN OF SAN SALVADOR.
KEATS.
SILENCE.
UNUTTERED.
SOLITUDE.
LOVE'S RETROSPECT.
A WINTER TWILIGHT.
GLIMPSES.
THE AGONY.
THE DEAD TREE.
HOMELESS.
THE PETREL.
AT ANCHOR.
SHADOWS.
THE MOUNTAIN.
UNMOORED.
EUGENIE.
GOLGOTHA.
THE PORTRAIT.
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Poems by John B. Tabb
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BABY.
Baby
in her slumber smiling,
Doth a captive take:
Whispers Love, “From dreams beguiling
May she never wake!”
When the lids, like mist retreating,
Flee the azure deep,
Wakes a newborn Joy, repeating,
“May she never sleep!”
Poems by John B. Tabb