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[Poems by Tabb in] Father Tabb

a study of his life and works with uncollected and unpublished poems

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ADEST

“Heaven is not far,” the Violet saith,
“The fragrance of my censer-breath,
That lures to Love,
Upon the altar whence it came
Commingles with the sacred flame
That burns above.”