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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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RUIN.
A power
beyond Perfection's dream is thine,—
A shadow that the dwindling shape outgrows
Of substance, like a vast horizon-line
Receding as the Fancy onward goes.
Poems by John B. Tabb
