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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a study of his life and works with uncollected and unpublished poems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
 
REPLY
 
EXPLANATION
 
WHY THE JOURNEY IS MADE
 
KEEP YOUR RYE OPEN
 
IN HELL
 
IN PURGATORY
 
IN HEAVEN
 
ON EARTH
 
DOING WELL
 
“VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE”
 
A SECOND-TERM SCENTED
 
A TABB-LOW
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APPENDIX I. UNCOLLECTED POEMS
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APPENDIX II. UNPUBLISHED POEMS OF THE BROWNE-TABB ALBUM
 
THE MINIATURE
 
RUIN
 
THE GHOST CHAMBER
 
THE BRIDE ELECT
 
CHOPIN
 
DISTANCE
 
THE INDIAN
 
PREMONITION
 
THE SCORE
 
SWINBURNE
 
ADEST
 
MY BIRTH-CHAMBER
 
“BREAK, BREAK, BREAK”
 
A LEPER'S GRAVE
 
LEGEND
 
LIGHTS IN DARKNESS
 
THE QUEST
 
THE RIDDLE
 
SONG
 
SURVIVAL
 
VALE
 
WHENCE AND WHERE?
 
THE WHISTLER
 
THE DOVE
 
THE DEATHLESS WIND
 
IN EXCELSIS
 
OLD AND NEW
 
“SWEET TO THE SWEET”
 
THE BIOLOGIST
 
A PRESENCE
 
A SONG OF EXPECTANCY
 
LOSS AND GAIN
 
MOUNTAINEERS
 
SNOWDROP
 
“PEACE!”
 
ROOFLESS
 
THE OMEN
 
NIAGARA
 
RUTS
 
TRANSPLANTED
 
SHAKESPEARE'S KEY
 
BETWEEN
 
EYES
 
MY SONG
 
MY TRUANT
 
LOVE'S USURY
 
“WRIT IN WATER”
 
SEPARATION
 
TO SLEEP
 
WILTED
 
VAPORS
 
ASPIRATION
 
IN BANISHMENT
 
BEETHOVEN (DEAF)
 
CONTACT
 
THE FIRST DREAMER
 
ENSHRINED
 
EXPECTANCY
 
LEAR'S FOOL
 
FULFILMENT
 
PRESENTIMENT
 
“THROUGH THE SHARP HAWTHORNE BLOWS THE COLD WIND”
 
SCIENCE
 
SLEEP
 
APRIL
 
“CROSSING THE BAR”
 
ABDUL'S CHANCES
 
IN THE CONFESSIONAL
 
EUREKA
 
AN INCONGRUITY
 
INCOME FROM GO-OUT
 
THE TIDES AT PANAMA
 
MY TROUBLE
 
A FINE PENALTY
 
MAID OF ALGERIA
 
THE FRISKING LAMB
 
A BRIEF PEDIGREE
 
A PIECE OF PRESUMPTION
 
SEA-SICKNESS
 
D---D
 
SONG OF THE SIOUX
 
DEFIANCE
 
JOB-PRINTING
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APPENDIX III. UNPUBLISHED POEMS OF THE CONNOR MANUSCRIPT
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APPENDIX IV. UNPUBLISHED POEMS FROM THE DONAHOE CLASS-BOOK

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THE ORIGIN OF TEARS

When Eve, the twilight heavens to view,
Her eyes, like twin-born violets blue,
Upraised—the angel of the Dew
Bestowed his blessing, ere he knew.
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