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Lyrics by John B Tabb

Tabb, John B. (1845-1909)

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TO THE MEMORY OF MY MOTHER.

MORNING AND NIGHT BLOOM.

THE YOUNG TENOR.

“VOX CLAMANTIS.”

AGAINST THE SKY.

INTERPRETED.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.

OFF SAN SALVADOR.

A SIGH OF THE SEA.

THE LOST ANCHOR.

THE SEA-BUBBLE.

THE RAIN AND THE DEW.

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.

CLEOPATRA TO THE ASP.

TO A BLIND BABE, SLEEPING.

IN THE DEATH CHAMBER.

TRANSFIGURATION.

THE SIREN STREAM TO THE OUTCAST.

THE FIRST SNOW-FALL.

THE TRYST OF SPRING.

ONE APRIL MORN.

AN APRIL PRAYER.

AN AUTUMN LEAF.

MATER DOLOROSA.

FROM THE UNDERGROUND.

AN APRIL BLOOM.

SONG OF THE MORNING-GLORIES.

“CONSIDER THE LILIES.”

TO A WOOD-VIOLET.

TO THE WOOD-ROBIN.

THE DEAD THRUSH.

THE LAMB-CHILD.

THE ANGEL'S CHRISTMAS QUEST.

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS.

TO THE CRUCIFIX.

EASTER MORNING.

EASTER FLOWERS.

DEUS ABSCONDITUS.

GOD'S LIKENESS.

THE SONG OF THE MAN.

ON SEA AND LAND.

STILLING THE TEMPEST.

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INTERPRETED.

Lo, eastward o'er the billows white,
Faint-smiling wakes the Child of Night
From dreams all rosy with delight:—
What means, O Sea, thy moaning?

Full noon: and o'er a cloudless sky
Soft winnowings of fragrance fly:
In all the land no shadows lie:—
What means, O Sea, thy moaning?

Far westward, o'er a dying glow,
Long funeral waves of darkness flow:
Ah, well-a-day! too late I know
What means, O Sea, thy moaning!