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Poems by John B. Tabb
Tabb, John B. (1845-1909)
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QUATRAINS.
SONNETS.
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Poems by John B. Tabb
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THE ANNUNCIATION.
“
Fiat
!”—The flaming word
Flashed, as the brooding Bird
Uttered the doom far heard
Of Death and Night.
“Fiat!”—A cloistered womb—
A sealed, untainted tomb—
Wakes to the birth and bloom
Of Life and Light.
Poems by John B. Tabb