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Tabb Centenary Year LXIII Five poems by Rev. John B. Tabb. Blind
Again as in the desert way, March 1909 (p. 258, Himself and Others) In Blindness
For me her life to consecrate, October 1908 (p. 258, Himself and Others) Proximity
The day is nearer to the night 1910 (p. 355, Quatrains: Personal) Mammy
I loved her countenance whereon, 1910 (p. 258, Himself and Others) Dejection
The sun is gone; and the forsaken sea— March 1906 (p. 259, Himself and Others) [Father Tabb lost his eyesight completely in late November 1908. “Blind”: the poem alludes to Exodus 13:21-22. “In Blindness”: St. Francis of Assisi had figuratively taken Lady Poverty as his bride. “Mammy”: in childhood, Fr. Tabb’s nanny had been Jenny Thompson, a Negro woman, with whom he remained friends for the rest of her life.] Lane Core Jr. CIW P Sun. 11/22/09 11:58:57 AM |
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