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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a study of his life and works with uncollected and unpublished poems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 UNPUBLISHED POEMS OF THE BROWNE-TABB ALBUM
APPENDIX III. UNPUBLISHED POEMS OF THE CONNOR MANUSCRIPT
APPENDIX IV. UNPUBLISHED POEMS FROM THE DONAHOE CLASS-BOOK
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WAVES
We sighed of old till underneath His feet
Our pulses beat,
Again to sigh in restlessness until
He saith, “Be still.”
And with us is the ever-moving wind,
And all mankind—
A triple chorus—each upheaving breast,
A sigh for rest.
[Poems by Tabb in] Father Tabb