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Lyrics by John B Tabb

Tabb, John B. (1845-1909)

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TO THE MEMORY OF MY MOTHER.

MORNING AND NIGHT BLOOM.

THE YOUNG TENOR.

MY MESSMATE.

“VOX CLAMANTIS.”

AGAINST THE SKY.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.

OFF SAN SALVADOR.

A SIGH OF THE SEA.

THE LOST ANCHOR.

THE SEA-BUBBLE.

THE RAIN AND THE DEW.

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.

CLEOPATRA TO THE ASP.

TO A BLIND BABE, SLEEPING.

IN THE DEATH CHAMBER.

TRANSFIGURATION.

THE SIREN STREAM TO THE OUTCAST.

THE FIRST SNOW-FALL.

THE TRYST OF SPRING.

ONE APRIL MORN.

AN APRIL PRAYER.

AN AUTUMN LEAF.

MATER DOLOROSA.

FROM THE UNDERGROUND.

AN APRIL BLOOM.

SONG OF THE MORNING-GLORIES.

“CONSIDER THE LILIES.”

TO A WOOD-VIOLET.

TO THE WOOD-ROBIN.

THE DEAD THRUSH.

THE LAMB-CHILD.

THE ANGEL'S CHRISTMAS QUEST.

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS.

TO THE CRUCIFIX.

EASTER MORNING.

EASTER FLOWERS.

DEUS ABSCONDITUS.

GOD'S LIKENESS.

THE SONG OF THE MAN.

ON SEA AND LAND.

STILLING THE TEMPEST.

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MY MESSMATE.

Why fear thee, brother Death,
That sharest, breath by breath,
This brimming life of mine?
Each draught that I resign
Into thy chalice flows.
Comrades of old are we;
All that the Present knows
Is but a shade of me:
My Self to thee alone
And to the Past is known.