Three by Tabb IV

Quatrains by Father John Banister Tabb.

Silence

A sea wherein the rivers of all sound
   Their streams incessant pour,
But whence no tide returning e'er hath found
   An echo on the shore.

(August 1894)

Stilling the Tempest

'Twas all she could:—The gift that Nature gave,
   The torrent of her tresses, did she spill
Before His feet; and lo, the troubled wave
   Of passion heard His whisper, "Peace, be still!"

(April 1895)

Whisper

Close cleaving unto silence, into sound
   She ventures as a timorous child from land,
Still glancing, at each step, around,
   Lest suddenly she lose her sister's hand.

(September 1893)

The Poetry of Father Tabb (1928) pp. 364, 362, 361.
ed. Francis A. Litz, Ph.D.

See also Three by Tabb III: Poems by Father John Banister Tabb.

[Follow-up: One by Hearn: A quatrain by John Hearn.]

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Sun. 02/01/04 08:55:04 AM
Categorized as Sunday Poetry Series.