John Banister Tabb

1845-1909

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The Christmas Babe

by John Banister Tabb

So small that lesser lowliness
Must bow to worship or caress;
So great that heaven itself to know
Love's majesty must look below.

Source:

Poems
Copyright 1894
John Lane, LondonCopeland and Day, Boston
 

Other Works

PhantomsMagdalen (After Swinburne)SleepThe Lonely MountainFern SongThe IncarnationThe VoyagersThe ButterflyLove's HyblaThe LarkGrief-SongAn InfluenceNekrosRabboni!Fountain-HeadsTo The ChristThe Violet SpeaksResurrectionTo An Old Wassail-CupWestward

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