A Selection from the Verses of John B. Tabb

About this eBook

Author

Tabb, John B. (John Banister), 1845-1909

Title

A selection from the verses of John B. Tabb, made by Alice Meynell

Original Publication

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1907.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Christian poetry, American

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79865

Release Date

October 26, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A SELECTION FROM THE VERSES OF JOHN B. TABB
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.THE CONTENTS
4. 4.THE PLAYMATES
5. 5.MY CAPTIVE
6. 6.THE REAPER
7. 7.INFLUENCE
8. 8.WAYFARERS
9. 9.TO THE SPHINX
10. 10.LOVE’S AUTOGRAPH
11. 11.SLUMBER-SONG
12. 12.OUR FIRST-BORN
13. 13.TO SILENCE
14. 14.THE POSTULANT
15. 15.THE EXPECTED OF NATIONS
16. 16.AT THE YEAR’S END
17. 17.KILLDEE
18. 18.THE WHIP-POOR-WILL
19. 19.STAR-JESSAMINE
20. 20.CLOVER
21. 21.TO THE VIOLET
22. 22.THE WATER-LILY
23. 23.MIGNONETTE
24. 24.AN IDOLATER
25. 25.TO HER FIRST-BORN
26. 26.ASPIRATION
27. 27.CHILDHOOD
28. 28.TO THE BABE NIVA
29. 29.GOOD NIGHT!
30. 30.MISSING
31. 31.CONFIDED
32. 32.“CHANTICLEER”
33. 33.FATHER DAMIEN
34. 34.ANGELS OF PAIN
35. 35.GOD’S LIKENESS
36. 36.TO THE CHRIST
37. 37.MY MEDIATOR
38. 38.“IS THY SERVANT A DOG?”
39. 39.LIMITATION
40. 40.THE YOUNG TENOR
41. 41.OUTLINES
42. 42.NEKROS
43. 43.“VOX CLAMANTIS”
44. 44.TO A PHOTOGRAPH
45. 45.FROST
46. 46.THE STATUE
47. 47.THE PILGRIM
48. 48.THE MID-SEA SUN
49. 49.THE LONELY MOUNTAIN
50. 50.AN INFLUENCE
51. 51.WHISPER
52. 52.ANTICIPATION
53. 53.THE PRECURSOR
54. 54.WOOD-GRAIN
55. 55.CONSECRATION
56. 56.REGRET
57. 57.COMPENSATION
58. 58.A REMONSTRANCE
59. 59.SOOTHSAYERS
60. 60.THE ARCTIC
61. 61.EVOLUTION
62. 62.SPECTATORS
63. 63.THE LOST ANCHOR
64. 64.TO MY SHADOW
65. 65.CLEOPATRA TO THE ASP
66. 66.INTIMATIONS
67. 67.LOVE’S HYBLA
68. 68.THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
69. 69.ADIEU
70. 70.WESTWARD
71. 71.MEMORY
72. 72.LIGHT IN DARKNESS
73. 73.BEREFT
74. 74.OUTSPEEDED
75. 75.VALE
76. 76.O’ERSPENT
77. 77.WRECKED
78. 78.BREAD
79. 79.SAND
80. 80.LIFE
81. 81.THE TRUANT
82. 82.THE BUBBLE
83. 83.THE BROOK
84. 84.THE MIST
85. 85.THE LAKE
86. 86.ICE
87. 87.A SUNSET
88. 88.MIDNIGHT
89. 89.AUTUMN
90. 90.OCTOBER
91. 91.INDIAN SUMMER
92. 92.DECEMBER
93. 93.THE LARK
94. 94.THE FALL OF THE SPARROW
95. 95.THE MARSH
96. 96.FULFILMENT
97. 97.BETRAYAL
98. 98.THE DAYSPRING
99. 99.THE MIDDAY MOON
100. 100.MEADOW FROGS
101. 101.FERN SONG
102. 102.WINTER TREES
103. 103.BABY’S DIMPLES
104. 104.A BUNCH OF ROSES
105. 105.TO A STAR
106. 106.BEETHOVEN AND ANGELO
107. 107.MILTON
108. 108.SHELLEY
109. 109.SHELLEY IN NATURE
110. 110.KEATS—SAPPHO
111. 111.POE’S PURGATORY
112. 112.SILENCE
113. 113.DAYBREAK
114. 114.GLIMPSES
115. 115.HOMELESS
116. 116.UNMOORED
117. 117.THE AGONY
118. 118.THE PETREL
119. 119.THE PORTRAIT
120. 120.THE BOY BISHOP
121. 121.ASLEEP
122. 122.ST AFRA TO THE FLAMES
123. 123.AN INTERPRETER
124. 124.EARTH’S TRIBUTE
125. 125.HOLY GROUND
126. 126.THE HOUSEHOLDERS
127. 127.INSOMNIA
128. 128.ANONYMOUS
129. 129.BARTIMEUS TO THE BIRD
130. 130.THE OLD PASTOR
131. 131.AT SEA
132. 132.STILLING THE TEMPEST
133. 133.ALL IN ALL
134. 134.THE GOOD SEED
135. 135.THE ANGEL’S CHRISTMAS QUEST
136. 136.THE LAMB-CHILD
137. 137.OUT OF BOUNDS
138. 138.A LENTEN THOUGHT
139. 139.ON CALVARY
140. 140.MATER DOLOROSA
141. 141.STABAT
142. 142.RABBONI!
143. 143.EASTER MORNING
144. 144.EASTER LILIES
145. 145.EASTER LAMBS
146. 146.THE ASSUMPTION
147. 147.TRIUMPH
148. 148.MY ANGEL
149. 149.TO HER THREE DAYS’ CHILD
150. 150.AVE ATQUE VALE

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