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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a study of his life and works with uncollected and unpublished poems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
APPENDIX I. UNCOLLECTED POEMS
CHORISTERS
OUR FIRST-BORN
MUTATION
THE IMAGE-MAKER
SUNDERED
ANIMULA VAGA
POE'S COTTAGE AT FORDHAM
AUGURY
UNDERTOW
DAWN
A FOOT-RULE
SIGNALS
IMPORT
THE VAMPIRE MOON
SUFFICIT
IN TOUCH
TIDES
NIGHT-BORN
ALFRED TENNYSON
AUTUMN-GLOW
VICTORIA
MY SERVANT
JACET LEO XIII
A CARCANET
WAVES
TO THE FREEDMAN
THE JEWESS
REPOSE
A TRAVELLER'S GUIDE
SEEMING FAILURE
THE DYING BOY TO THE WIND-FLOWERS
COBWEBS
THE PRECIPICE
THE TOUCH-ME-NOT
CHRISTMAS GREETING
MOUNTAIN-BORN
MY SOUL
GOOD FRIDAY
HEREDITY
TO A DROP OF POISON
IN SHADOW
SUBMISSION
GENEVIEVE
STABAT MATER
THE MESSAGE
SUBWAY THEOLOGY
VOX DEI
DAISIES
THE ASTRONOMER
ST. CHRISTOPHER
TO SIDNEY LANIER
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 UNPUBLISHED POEMS OF THE BROWNE-TABB ALBUM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
APPENDIX III. UNPUBLISHED POEMS OF THE CONNOR MANUSCRIPT
THE TREE
MY STEWARDSHIP
DREAMS
THE ACORN
(THE MESSAGE OF THE GRASS)
THE TREE
TO THE NEW MOON
SEPARATION
LINES
EGLANTINE
SECOND CHILDHOOD
MATURITY
DOMUS AUREA
AN ALIEN
WHEAT
THE SWORD OF SIMEON
BONDAGE
COBWEB
“OMNIPOTENCE IN BONDS”
THE ORIGIN OF TEARS
TO A SON IN CHRIST
LEAR'S FOOL
MORNING-GLORIES
ALFRED TENNYSON
TENNYSON
TOO LATE
SIGNIFICANCE
SOLICITUDE
BEYOND
TOMORROW
GARNERED
EXTORTION
LONELINESS
TO A DEAD THRUSH
THE PHANTOM WRAITH
ATTAR OF ROSES
SELF-SACRIFICE
THE MORNING STAR
DESMOS
BLIND
THE WRAITH
WHERE ARMIES MET
CHRIST THE MENDICANT
TRANSMISSION
THE GLEANER
MY SERVANT
DIVORCE
SNOWDROPS
SACRIFICE
SUCCESSORS
UNFETTERED
MOLOKAI
RESTORATION
THE MATERNITY
LIFE-SONG
THE RIVER
THE PASSION
AN ECHO
APRIL
THE WIZARD
ON THE HEIGHTS
THE WAY-SIDE TREE
WORSHIPPERS
LIGHT IN DARKNESS
TWO EPITAPHS
HARVEST
NUNC ET SEMPER
DEFLOWERED
A MEDITATION
FAREWELL!
THE WRECK
DELUSION
THE HOUR
UNDER THE TREES
TIME'S MEZZOTINT
THE LARK'S FIAT
MATER DEI
THE CHRIST-LIKE SPRING
AN EASTER LILY
SLEEP
AFTER BEDTIME
BLESSED VIRGIN
A MIRACLE
RESTITUTION
POST MORTEM
SUI GENERIS
THE EPITAPH
ODE TO A PASSION
APPENDIX IV. UNPUBLISHED POEMS FROM THE DONAHOE CLASS-BOOK
CHRIST'S LITTLE SISTER
THE BELLMAN
THE OUTCAST
A VISIT TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT ON THE EVE OF THE EPIPHANY
ADIEU
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[Poems by Tabb in] Father Tabb
A FOOT-RULE
[_]
Father Tabb's comment upon Mr. Punch's recent remarks on the subject of poetical feet:
When a poet gives his
hand
,
Meet it is to greet the greeter.
When his
feet
in question stand,
It is
metre
.
[Poems by Tabb in] Father Tabb
