To Her First-Born (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
Long I waited, wonderingHow, so near my heart,Love another life could bring,Made of mine a part,Nor let me, save in ...
John Bannister Tabb Poems on Lies & Deceit (13 Poems)
Holy Saturday (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
O earth, who daily kissed His feetLike lowly Magdalen,—how sweet(As oft His mother used) to keepThe silent watches of His ...
A Hairbreadth (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
'T is in the twinkle of escapeThat all our safety lies.Of danger—whatsoe'er the shape—The nearness naught implies:This side is life; ...
The Light Of Bethlehem (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
'Tis Christmas night! the snow,A flock unnumbered lies:The old Judean stars aglow,Keep watch within the skies.An icy stillness holdsThe pulses ...
The Soul’s Quest (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
I laid my vesture byUpon this spot,And here returning, IBehold it not.Dost thou, O earth, resumeThe relics of the tomb?Whereto ...
Matin-Song (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
Arise! Arise!Dawns not the day without thy wakening eyes;The mist that on them liesDelays the blossom of the eastern skies.'Tis ...
Transplanted (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
No seed of Joy within us lies.So, if our souls the blossom bear,It is a flower of ParadiseThat Love has ...
The Immaculate Conception (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
A dew-drop of the darkness born,Wherein no shadow lies;The blossom of a barren thorn,Whereof no petal dies;A rainbow beauty passion-free,Wherewith ...
In The Nest Of The Lark (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
Here the silentest of thingsLowliest lies;Where with palpitating wings,Swift to rise,Wakes the soul that sweetest sings,And the loftiest anthem bringsFrom ...
Fancy (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
A boat unmoored, wherein a dreamer lies,The slumberous waves low-lisping of a landWhere Love, forever with unclouded eyes,Goes, wed with ...
To An Evening Shade (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
O pilgrim, ever yearning for the East,What fate before thee lies?"The spouse of Night, and, from the wedding feast,The Morning's ...
Holy Ground (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
Pause where apart the fallen sparrow lies,And lightly tread;For there the pity of a Father's eyesEnshrines the dead. (John Bannister ...
A Blind Man’s Epitaph (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
His eyes were dim; so here he lies,Whose death came after his dim-ise. (John Bannister Tabb)