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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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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