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Tabb Centenary Year LXV Five poems by Rev. John B. Tabb. Deprecation
Low, I listen in my grave April 1907 (p. 165, Life, Death and Similar Themes: Sleep) Insomnia
E’en this, Lord, didst thou bless— October 1891 (p. 243, Himself and Others) Sleeplessness
Sleep quiets all but me, June 1893 (p. 355, Quatrains: Personal) Sundered
Thou sleepest sound, and I March 1908 (p. 251, Himself and Others) Midnight
A flood of darkness overwhelms the land; August 1894 (p. 163, Life, Death and Similar Themes: Sleep) [Father Tabb was a chronic insomniac. “Insomnia”: the concluding lines allude to the Gospel story of the Lord’s time in the Garden of Gethsemane, as in Mark 14:32-42. “Sleeplessness”: in Greek mythology, Tantalus was a son of Zeus. “Midnight”: the second quatrain alludes to the Old Testament story of the Plagues of Egypt, the ninth plague being darkness, as told in Exodus 10:21-23.] Lane Core Jr. CIW P Sun. 12/06/09 01:35:04 PM |
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