Comments about John Bannister Tabb
Click to write a comment about John Bannister Tabb
Sonand2Sonand: THE DANDELION
With locks of gold today;
Tomorrow silver gray;
Then blossom-bald. Behold,
O man, thy fortune told!
John Bannister Tabb
gyoung9751: The Light of Bethlehem - poem by John Bannister Tabb at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin)
ryan_m_jones: A flash of harmless lightning,
A mist of rainbow dyes,
The burnished sunbeams brightening,
From flower to flower [s]he flies.
– John Bannister Tabb
anorombaba: "And pray, who are you?"
Said the Violet blue
To the Bee, with surprise,
At his wonderful size,
In her eyeglass of dew.
"I, madam," quoth he,
"Am a publican Bee,
Collecting the tax
Of honey and wax.
Have you nothing for me?"
- John Bannister Tabb, The Violet and the Bee
LiteraryRob: My native home, the sky: On the birth of John Bannister Tabb, known as "The Priest-Poet," March 22, 1845, and his poem "The Rain and the Dew" which turns rainfall into a metaphor for heaven --
Xantheterra: "'Jack-o'-lantern, Jack-o'-lantern,
Tell me where you hide by day?'
'In the cradle where the vapours
Dream the sunlit hours away.'
'Jack-o'-lantern, Jack-o'-lantern,
Who rekindles you at night?'
'Any firefly in the meadow
Lends a Jack-o'-lantern light.'"
~ John Bannister Tabb
tuiservo: MATER DOLOROSA
Again maternal autumn grieves
As blood like drip the maple leaves
On nature's Calvary.
And every sap forsaken limb
Renews the mystery of Him
Who died upon a tree.
Fr. John Bannister Tabb
everwood_lynn: "And pray, who are you?"
Said the Violet blue
To the Bee, with surprise,
At his wonderful size,
In her eyeglass of dew.
"I, madam," quoth he,
"Am a publican Bee,
Collecting the tax
Of honey and wax.
Have you nothing for me?"
–John Bannister Tabb (1845–1909
sgtphilipm: "And pray, who are you?"
Said the Violet blue
To the Bee, with surprise,
At his wonderful size,
In her eyeglass of dew.
"I, madam," quoth he,
"Am a publican Bee,
Collecting the tax
Of honey and wax.
Have you nothing for me?"
–John Bannister Tabb (1845–1909)
OccultFan: "And pray, who are you?"
Said the Violet blue
To the Bee, with surprise,
At his wonderful size,
In her eyeglass of dew.
"I, madam," quoth he,
"Am a publican Bee,
Collecting the tax
Of honey and wax.
Have you nothing for me?"
–John Bannister Tabb (1845–1909)
SarbaniC: Quo Vadis? "A plunge, a ripple, and a sigh
Of waters; – fleeting soul, reply,
Was it for death of Love to die,
Or to atone?" John Bannister Tabb.
MelanieJaxn: "And pray, who are you?"
Said the Violet blue
To the Bee, with surprise,
At his wonderful size,
In her eyeglass of dew.
"I, madam," quoth he,
"Am a publican Bee,
Collecting the tax
Of honey and wax.
Have you nothing for me?"
- John Bannister Tabb
AliceSchultz67: In winter's cold and summer's heat
The hospitable chimneys greet
Their never-failing guests;
For when the sparks are upward gone,
The swallows downward come anon,
To build their neighboring nests.
-- John Bannister Tabb, "Chimney Stacks"
OccultFan: When God had made a host of them,
One little flower still lacked a stem
To hold its blossom blue;
So into it He breathed a song,
And suddenly, with petals strong
As wings, away it flew.
–John Bannister Tabb (1845–1909)
everwood_lynn: When God had made a host of them,
One little flower still lacked a stem
To hold its blossom blue;
So into it He breathed a song,
And suddenly, with petals strong
As wings, away it flew.
–John Bannister Tabb (1845–1909
LiteraryRob: Singing my native song—
Brief to the ear, but long
To Love and Memory...
On the birth of priest/poet John Bannister Tabb, Mar1ch 22, 1845, and his poems "The Rain and the Dew" and "To a Songster" --
JKeats1821: Upon thy tomb 'tis graven, "Here lies one
Whose name is writ in water." Could there be
A flight of Fancy fitlier feigned for thee...
Keats by John Bannister Tabb (b. 1845) .We found it by chance searching Harpers archive: it was published in Oct 1880 …
MelanieJaxn: "And pray, who are you?"
Said the Violet blue
To the Bee, with surprise,
At his wonderful size,
In her eyeglass of dew.
"I, madam," quoth he,
"Am a publican Bee,
Collecting the tax
Of honey and wax.
Have you nothing for me?"
- John Bannister Tabb
PatheosCatholic: Tabb was widely published in magazines such as Harper's Monthly, The Atlantic...
ArtCarmelite: Forgotten Catholic Poets: John Bannister Tabb (1845-1909)
DrPatMcNamara: A forgotten Catholic poet, John Bannister Tabb (1845-1909):
LiteraryRob: Singing my native song: On the birth of John Bannister Tabb, Priest-Poet of the Confederacy, March 22, 1845 --
