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Poems Grave & Gay
Tabb, John B. (1845-1909)
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HARE-BELLS
AT COCK-CROW
A DUET
THE BOBOLINK
THE BLUEBIRD
THE WOODPECKER
CHIMNEY STACKS
BUTTERFLY
THE HONEY-BEE
THE TAX-GATHERER
JACK-O'-LANTERN
THE PLEIADS
JACK FROST'S APOLOGY
A CAVALCADE
SILK
SEED-TIME
A LEGACY
AMID THE ROSES
LIGHT AND SHADOW
SLEEP
THE FIRE-FLY
THE DRAGON-FLY
ARCHERY
A SPY
A LAMENT
FERN SONG
THE BROOK
BABY'S DIMPLES
A BUNCH OF ROSES
FOOT-SOLDIERS
THE BABY'S STAR
SLUMBER-SONG
AN IDOLATER
THE NEW-YEAR BABE
BICYCLES! TRICYCLES!
HIGH AND LOW
DOCTOR TUMBLE-BUG
CLOSE QUARTERS
THE TIME-BROOD
PAINS-TAKING
A RUB
CATS
AN INSECTARIAN
THE SQUIRREL
HOSPITALITY
FROG-MAKING
THE TREE-FROG PEDIGREE
AN EXPLANATION
THE PARLOUR AND THE FLY
NO GO
A MOUSE, A CAT, AND AN IRISH BULL
THE SAME WITH A DIFFERENCE
AN INCONVENIENCE
THE TRYST
ETIQUETTE
A SUNSTROKE
A SHUFFLE
WASHINGTON'S RUSE
PANIC
THE END OF IT.
A LITTLE CHILD'S PRAYERS
THE CHILD
A LILY OF THE FIELD
A PAIR OF TURTLE-DOVES
HIDE-AND-SEEK
OUT OF BOUNDS
THE CHILD ON CALVARY
THE CHILD
ST. THERESA AND THE CHILD
TRADITION
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A LAMENT
“
O lady cloud
, why are you weeping?” I said.
“Because,” she made answer, “my rain-beau is dead.”
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