John Bannister Tabb Poems

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11.
In Chicago

Of forthcoming weather no prophet have they,
For the ground hog is there to be seen every day.
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12.
The Truant

Listen! 'tis the Rain
Coming home again;
Not as when he went away,
Silent, but in tears to say
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13.
Fern Song

Dance to the beat of the rain, little Fern,
And spread out your palms again,
And say, 'Tho' the sun
Hath my vesture spun,
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14.
The Forfeiture

Who first beneath the mistletoe
On Christmas night is found,
Must pay a forfeiture, we know,
To them that stand around.
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15.
Jack Frost's Apology

To strip you of your foliage
My spirit sorely grieves;
Nor will I in the work engage
Unless you grant your leaves.
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16.
Sap

Strong as the sea, and silent as the grave,
It ebbs and flows unseen;
Flooding the earth-a fragrant tidal wave-
With mist of deepening green.
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17.
A Spy

Sighed the languid Moon to the Morning Star:
'O little maid, how late you are!'
'I couldn't rise from my couch,' quoth she
'While the Man-in-the-M ...
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18.
An Easter Lily

In vain to seal the sepulchre
The Pilate Death commands;
For, lo, again his prisoner
Within the garden stands.
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19.
Subway Theology

Bishop Potter, finding hotter
Passions than there used to be,
To the Gospel bids defiance,
And appeals to modern science
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20.
The Pyramids

Amid the desert of a mystic land,
Like Sibyls waiting for a doom far-seen,
Apart in awful solitude they stand,
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