John Bannister Tabb Poems

Give
us this day our daily bread.

'Oh wheat,' the wind, in passing, said,
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'Sweet it is for Love to live,'
Thus a Blossom whispered me,
'But for Love a life to give
(Tell my sister Violet-
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Upon thy face alone no trace
Of Time, no touch of sorrow;
No shade of night upon the light
That floods thy soul, sweet Morrow.
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Sighed a poet when his fame
After fifty winters came
And the Editors were asking for his rhyme:
Alas, I've lost my chance
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When home our blessed Lord was gone,
His mother lived alone with John;
For each had secrets to impart
That Love had taught them both by heart.
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'Tis one by one we come and go;
'Tis one by one we stand or fall;
'Tis one by one the All we know,
And one by one He comes to all.
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No seed of Joy within us lies.
So, if our souls the blossom bear,
It is a flower of Paradise
That Love has planted there.
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'What are you doing, Butterfly?'
Inquired the Honey Bee.
'You seem as fond of flowers as I,
And yet I do not see
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The little streams that onward flow
To mingle ere they meet the sea,
Know not that Heaven hath willed it so
Till one their waters be.
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Despite the North Wind's boast,
Despite the muffled host
Of hushing snow,
There cometh from below
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