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a study of his life and works with uncollected and unpublished poems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

Tho' the modern woman pants
To disguise her gender,
Yet no fear my spirits haunts
Lest I should offend her.
Vain it were indeed to hiss—
Vainer still to chide her;
The hit offends her, and the Miss
Makes the breeeches wider.
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