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Tabb Centenary Year LXI Five poems by Rev. John B. Tabb. Fiat Lux
“Give us this day our daily bread,” and light: 1910 (p. 257, Himself and Others) Tenebrae
Whate’er my darkness be, November 1895 - February 1896 (p. 353, Quatrains: Personal) Going Blind
Back to the primal gloom August 1908 (p. 257, Himself and Others) The Smiter
They bound Thine eyes and questioned, “Tell us now 1910 (p. 355, Quatrains: Personal) In Tenebris
The dawn to ours is dusk to other eyes; 1910 (p. 259, Himself and Others) [Father Tabb lost his eyesight completely in late November 1908. “Fiat Lux”: Latin, let there be light, a quotation from the Old Testament story of creation, Genesis 1:3; the first line quotes from the Lord's Prayer, Luke 1:1-4; “As trees” quotes from the New Testament story of the Lord Jesus restoring sight to a blind man, Mark 8:22-26. “Tenebrae”: Latin, darkness. “Going Blind”: the final line refers to 2 Corinthians 4:18. “The Smiter”: the first two lines refer to the taunting received by the blindfolded Lord Jesus in the house of Caiaphas, Luke 22:63-65; holden is archaic for held, here meaning obstructed. “In Tenebris”: Latin, in darkness.] Lane Core Jr. CIW P Sun. 11/15/09 08:32:15 AM |
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