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Tabb Centenary Year LVII Five poems by Rev. John B. Tabb. The Lost Anchor
Ah, sweet it was to feel the strain, 1897 (p. 247, Himself and Others) O’erspent
My soul is as a fainting noonday star, 1894 (p. 352, Quatrains: Personal) Cloistered
Within the compass of mine eyes September 1893 (p. 260, Himself and Others) The Captives
Apart forever dwelt the twain, April 1893 (p. 261, Himself and Others) Consolation
Henceforth alone to bear 1910 (p. 249, Himself and Others) [“The Lost Anchor”: Francis Litz relates in his biography of Father Tabb, p. 16, that an experience during the poet’s days as a blockade runner, on the ship Robert E. Lee leaving Charleston, suggested this poem to him in later years; “what time”: when.] Lane Core Jr. CIW P Sun. 10/25/09 09:39:25 AM |
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