[Poems by Tabb in] Father Tabb a study of his life and works with uncollected and unpublished poems |
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A CARCANET
I give thee, love, a carcanet,With all the rainbow splendor set,
Of diamonds that drink the sun,
Of emeralds that feed upon
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A memory of spring between
This frost of whiter pearls than snow,
And warmth of violets below
A wreath of opalescent mist,
Where blooms the tender amethyst;
Here, too, the captives of the mine—
The sapphire and the ruby—shine,
Rekindling each a hidden spark,
Unquenched by buried ages dark,
Nor dimmed beneath the jeweled skies,
Save by the sunlight of thine eyes.
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