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a study of his life and works with uncollected and unpublished poems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

Out of the Eater, meat:
Thou dost the streams devour.
Out of the strong, the sweet;
The brine begets the shower.
'Tis thus, O Samson Sea,
I solve thy mystery.
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