Poems by Tabb John Banister
God's Likeness
... Not in mine own, but in my neighbor's face Must I Thine image trace ...
An Idolator
... The Baby has no skiesBut Mother's eyes, Nor any God above But Mother's Love ...
Inscriptions
... One requiem of wind and waveAbove each grave ...
Mammy
... n faithless sight is fled Beyond my waking gaze,Of darkness I am not afraid -- It is my Mammy's face ...
Memory
... y day,It fell from heaven upon our way,To be, if haply one were gone,The bread for both to feed upon ...
The Reaper
... y the streamOf night in silvery silence gleam,To heap with many a harvest-dream The granary of Sleep ...
The Stranger
... "Thyself," the laughing answer came, "As seen of others' eyes ...
The United States to the Filipinos
... We come to give you libertyTo do whate'er we choose,Or clean exterminationIf you venture to refuse. ...
