The Good Seed (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
The Magi came to Bethlehem,The House of Bread, and following them,As they the Star, I too am ledTo Christ, the ...
The Magi came to Bethlehem,The House of Bread, and following them,As they the Star, I too am ledTo Christ, the ...
It was a very little BoyThat on the river sideStood calling, "Ferryman, ahoy!Come, take me o'er the tide!"The Ferryman came ...
Here, on the prey of passion, famished FlamesFeed here! Spare not your victim. Torture tamesThe wanton flesh rebellious. Let the ...
"A game, Marcellus!" "Well, what shall it be?Let's play we're Christians." And with one accordThe Children grouped around their mimic ...
'Tis read of one, a ferryman of old,St. Christopher, who on his shoulders bore,Across the torrent to the welcome shore,The ...
Bishop Potter, finding hotterPassions than there used to be,To the Gospel bids defiance,And appeals to modern scienceFor the remedy.Saint and ...
What of the Night? 'Tis dark,The fatal wordAwakes the warning bird,For hark(O Christ, is Faith forgot?)"I know Him Not!"What of ...
To the cradle-bough of a naked tree,Benumbed with ice and snow,A Christmas dream brought suddenlyA birth of mistletoe.The shepherd stars ...
O wave upon the strand!What urges thee in vainTo lift the baffled handIn suppliance again?"The passion that impelsThe tidal energiesIn ...
Though long in wintry sleep ye lay,The powers of darkness could not stayYour coming at the call of day,Proclaiming spring.Nay; ...
St. Peter is the cornerstone,And if you build on Paul,I greatly fearEre many a yearYour Church is doomed to fall.So ...
Like a meteor, large and bright,Fell a golden seed of lightOn the field of Christmas nightWhen the Babe was born;Then ...
When Christ was taken from the rood,One thorn upon the ground,Still moistened with the Precious Blood,And early Robin found.And wove ...
Who first beneath the mistletoeOn Christmas night is found,Must pay a forfeiture, we know,To them that stand around.Approach, ye angel ...
Not all the range of sea-born libertyHath ever for one restless wave sufficed:So pants the heart,—of all compulsion free,—Self-driven to ...
As they have safely reached the Church,It seems a thing to smile atThat, to direct them in the search,We had ...
She the mother was of One—Christ, her Saviour and her Son.And another had she none?Yea: her Love's beloved—John. (John Bannister ...
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