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Tabb Centenary Year LXVII Five poems by Rev. John B. Tabb. Submission
Since to my smiting enemy (p. 354, Quatrains: Personal) Love’s Autograph
Once only did he pass my way. September 1892 (p. 357, Quatrains: Miscellaneous) Pain
I am a gardener to weed January 1895 (p. 145, Life, Death and Similar Themes: Joy and Sorrow) Angels of Pain
Ah, should they come revisiting the spot 1894 (p. 352, Quatrains: Personal) The Sphinx
Ah, not alone in Egypt’s desert land September 1892 (p. 359, Quatrains: Miscellaneous) [“Submission”: the poem alludes to Matthew 5:39. “The Sphinx”: the Great Sphinx of Giza, the greatest of sphinxes, has become a symbol of ineffable mystery, because of its unknown origin and purpose, and of strength and wisdom, because it has withstood the desert for thousands of years.] Lane Core Jr. CIW P Sun. 12/13/09 08:51:08 AM |
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