John B. Tabb Professions : Poet Born : March 22, 1845 Died : November 19, 1909 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by John B. Tabb A flash of harmless lightning, A mist of rainbow dyes, The burnished sunbeams brightening From flower to flower he flies. John B. Tabb lightning rainbow flower Out of the dusk a shadow, Then a spark; Out of the cloud a silence, Then a lark; Out of the heart a rapture, Then a pain; Out of the dead, cold ashes, Life again. John B. Tabb pain clouds heart And pray, who are you?" John B. Tabb july summer blue In every seed to breathe a flower, In every drop of dew To reverence a cloister star Within the distant blue; To wait the promise of the how, Despite the cloud between, Is Faith-the fervid evidence Of loneliness unseen. John B. Tabb stars loneliness faith Are ye the ghosts of fallen leaves, John B. Tabb winter snow wind Alas! dear Joy, the merriest, is dead. But I have wed Peace ; and our babe, a boy, New-born, is Joy. John B. Tabb babe joy boys Hush! With sudden gush As from a fountain sings in yonder bush The Hermit Thrush. John B. Tabb hush-hush hermits fountain Why should I stay? Nor seed nor fruit have I, John B. Tabb gains perfect loss Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
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