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a study of his life and works with uncollected and unpublished poems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

Lo, silence, like a roving bee
Upon her daily round,
To fill the hive of memory
Despoils each blossom-sound,
And winters, as the past devours
Whate'er the present yields,
The promise of immortal flowers
For time's unfallowed fields.
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