The Weblog at The View from the Core - Friday, December 25, 2009
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Tabb Centenary Year LXIX Five poems by Rev. John B. Tabb. Speculum Amoris
My God the Baby is 1910 (p. 191, Religion: Christ) The Incarnation
Save through the flesh Thou wouldst not come to me— 1894 (p. 339, Quatrains: Religion) The Breeze at Bethlehem
I that have lashed the sea 1910 (p. 199, Religion: Christmas) The Christmas Babe
So small that lesser lowliness January 1894 (p. 343, Quatrains: Religion) At the Manger
When first her Christmas watch to keep December 1907 (p. 196, Religion: Christmas) [Today is Christmas, on which day Christians celebrate the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. “Speculum Amoris”: Latin, mirror of love; the first stanza is spoken by the Blessed Virgin Mary, the second by her Divine Son. “The Incarnation”: see Catholic Encyclopedia. “The Breeze at Bethlehem”: the second stanza alludes to Mark 4:35-41.] Lane Core Jr. CIW P Fri. 12/25/09 07:12:23 AM |
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