John B. Tabb Quotes

Father John Banister Tabb was an American poet, Roman Catholic priest, and professor of English.

✵ 22. March 1845 – 19. November 1909

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John B. Tabb Quotes

“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.”

John B. Tabb

The Bubble, as quoted in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Life , Death , Beauty , Change

“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."”

John B. Tabb

"The Stranger", in Poems (1894) http://www.archive.org/details/poemsjohntabb00tabbrich

Art , Question , Memory

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