Three by Tabb V

Quatrains by Father John Banister Tabb.

The Snowdrop

Behold, from winter's sleeping side
   The sacramental power
Of Nature fashioneth a bride
   As fair as Eden's flower.

(October 1892)

To a Wood-Robin

Lo, where the blooming woodland wakes
   From wintry slumbers long,
Thy heart, a bud of silence, breaks
   To ecstasy of song.

(1894)

To the Babe Niva

Niva, Child of Innocence,
   Dust to dust we go;
Thou, when winter wooed thee hence,
   Wentest snow to snow.

(1894)

The Poetry of Father Tabb (1928) pp. 325, 329, 347.
ed. Francis A. Litz, Ph.D.

See also Three by Tabb IV: Quatrains by Father John Banister Tabb.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Sun. 02/08/04 09:06:47 AM
Categorized as Literary & Sunday Poetry Series.