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Poems by John B. Tabb

Tabb, John B. (1845-1909)

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QUATRAINS.
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SONNETS.

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1

THE RING.

Hold the trinket near thine eye,
And it circles earth and sky;
Place it further, and behold!
But a finger's breadth of gold.
Thus our lives, beloved, lie
Ringed with love's fair boundary;
Place it further, and its sphere
Measures but a falling tear.
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