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Poems by John B. Tabb

Tabb, John B. (1845-1909)

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TO A PHOTOGRAPH.

THE WHITE JESSAMINE.

THE LONELY MOUNTAIN.

THE HALF-RING MOON.

IN MY ORANGE-GROVE.

TO THE SUMMER WIND.

TO AN OLD WASSAIL-CUP.

FOUNTAIN-HEADS.

YORICK'S SKULL.

KEATS—SAPPHO.

THE MOCKING-BIRD.

THE HUMMING-BIRD.

TO A WOOD-ROBIN.

THE WATER-LILY.

THE PLAINT OF THE ROSE.

THE VIOLET SPEAKS.

STAR-JESSAMINE.

AT THE YEAR'S END.

THE LIGHT OF BETHLEHEM

EARTH'S TRIBUTE.

THE RECOMPENSE.

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.

THE ANNUNCIATION.

THE INCARNATION.

THE ASSUMPTION.

CHRIST TO THE VICTIM-TREE.

ANGELS OF PAIN.

A LENTEN THOUGHT.

“IS THY SERVANT A DOG?

TO THE BABE NIVA.

TO SIDNEY LANIER.

ON THE FORTHCOMING VOLUME OF SIDNEY LANIER'S POEMS.

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“FOR THE RAIN IT RAINETH EVERY DAY.”

A STONE'S THROW.

LOVE'S AUTOGRAPH.

THE PROMONTORY.

BEETHOVEN AND ANGELO.

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THE INDIAN OF SAN SALVADOR.

LOVE'S RETROSPECT.

A WINTER TWILIGHT.

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AT THE YEAR'S END.

Night dreams of day, and winter seems
In sleep to breathe the balm of May.
Their dreams are true anon; but they,
The dreamers, then, alas, are dreams.

Thus, while our days the dreams renew
Of some forgotten sleeper, we,
The dreamers of futurity,
Shall vanish when our own are true.