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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a study of his life and works with uncollected and unpublished poems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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[Poems by Tabb in] Father Tabb
LIFE-SONG
Breathe it must for ecstacy,
Or a stifled blossom die:
Aching silence overgrown
Brings to birth the living tone
Sap-like, evermore to be
One with full-blown memory.
[Poems by Tabb in] Father Tabb