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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a study of his life and works with uncollected and unpublished poems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

WHY THE JOURNEY IS MADE

KEEP YOUR RYE OPEN

“VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE”

A SECOND-TERM SCENTED

APPENDIX I. UNCOLLECTED POEMS

APPENDIX II. UNPUBLISHED POEMS OF THE BROWNE-TABB ALBUM

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APPENDIX III. UNPUBLISHED POEMS OF THE CONNOR MANUSCRIPT

(THE MESSAGE OF THE GRASS)

TO THE NEW MOON

SECOND CHILDHOOD

THE SWORD OF SIMEON

“OMNIPOTENCE IN BONDS”

THE ORIGIN OF TEARS

TO A SON IN CHRIST

MORNING-GLORIES

ALFRED TENNYSON

TO A DEAD THRUSH

THE PHANTOM WRAITH

THE MORNING STAR

WHERE ARMIES MET

CHRIST THE MENDICANT

THE WAY-SIDE TREE

LIGHT IN DARKNESS

UNDER THE TREES

TIME'S MEZZOTINT

THE LARK'S FIAT

THE CHRIST-LIKE SPRING

ODE TO A PASSION

APPENDIX IV. UNPUBLISHED POEMS FROM THE DONAHOE CLASS-BOOK

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GOOD FRIDAY

Behold in every crimson glow
Of earth and sky and sea,
The Hand that fashioned them doth show
Love crucified for me.