John B. Tabb

John Banister Tabb (22 March 1845 – 19 November 1909) was an American poet, Catholic priest, and professor of English, chiefly remembered today as educator of Jack London's friend, Californian poet George Sterling.

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• He entered; but the mask he wore
  Concealed his face from me.
  Still, something I had seen before
  He brought to memory.

  "Who art thou? What thy rank, thy name?"
  I questioned, with surprise;
  "Thyself" the laughing answer came,
  "As seen of others' eyes."

  • "The Stranger", in Poems (1894)

• Why should I stay? Nor seed nor fruit have I,
  But, sprung at once to beauty’s perfect round,
  Nor loss nor gain nor change in me is found,—
  A life-complete in death-complete to die.
  • The Bubble, as quoted in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

External links

Works

Poetry

• Poems (1894) @ Internet Archive (Page Images)
• Lyrics (1897) @ Internet Archive (Page Images)
• Child Verse (1899) @ Internet Archive (Page Images)
• Later Lyrics (1902) @ Internet Archive (Page Images)
• The Rosary in Rhyme (1904) @ Internet Archive (Page Images)
• Quips and Quiddits (1907) @ Internet Archive (Page Images)
• A Selection from the Verses of John B. Tabb (1906/1910) @ Internet Archive (Page Images)
• Later Poems (1910) @ Internet Archive (Page Images)

Prose

• Bone Rules (1897) @ Internet Archive (Page Images)

Biographies

• John Bannister Tabb : The Priest-Poet by M.S. Pine (Sr. Mary Paulina Finn) @ Google Books
• Father Tabb : His Life and Work by Jennie Masters Tabb (his niece) @ Google Books

Other

• John Bannister Tabb in oldpoetry.com
• Examples of John Banister Tabb's poetic verse forms [1]