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Poems by John B. Tabb
Tabb, John B. (1845-1909)
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QUATRAINS.
“FOR THE RAIN IT RAINETH EVERY DAY.”
THE MAST.
A STONE'S THROW.
LOVE'S AUTOGRAPH.
RENEWAL.
PREJUDICE.
THE BUBBLE.
O'ERSPENT.
IMAGINATION.
RUIN.
BECALMED.
TO THE SPHINX.
DISCREPANCY.
POETRY.
SAP.
SLEEP.
THE PYRAMIDS.
FORMATION.
THE PROMONTORY.
STARS.
WHISPER.
THE SUN.
THE SUNBEAM.
ALTER EGO.
REFLECTION.
ESTRANGEMENT.
BEETHOVEN AND ANGELO.
THE SHADOW.
SONNETS.
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Poems by John B. Tabb
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LIMITATION.
Breathe
above me or below;
Never canst thou farther go
Than the spirit's octave-span,
Harmonizing God and Man.
Thus within the iris-bound,
Light a prisoner is found;
Thus within my soul I see
Life in Time's captivity.
Poems by John B. Tabb