Poems by John B. Tabb :: :: University of Virginia Library

Tabb, John B. (1845-1909)

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First the grain, and then the blade—
The one destroyed, the other made;
Then stalk and blossom, and again
The gold of newly minted grain.

So Life, by Death the reaper cast
To earth, again shall rise at last;
For 't is the service of the sod
To render God the things of God.