A miniature painted in France in 1578 by the artist Hilliard bears
the inscription If one could but paint his mind Happier than the
artist, the lyric singer can paint his soul in his poems, and our
Priest-Poet has painted his in most exquisite miniature, so that
the world is better for the gift. In this little volume I have been
content, in the main, to put forth the delicate work of his poetic
brush, as my readers will agree. Indeed, I have more than once
accused myself of presumption in undertaking to comment upon the
rare creations of one so far above me as the Reverend John
Bannister Tabb. But admiration for the poet and respect for his
memory, combined with my desire to make him known and loved,
especially by the young, have urged me to so unequal a task. I may
add that these chapters are founded upon a lecture I gave to the
young ladies of a certain convent in I 907, chiefly upon the poems,
for my knowledge of Father Tabbs biography was then even more
meager than it will appear to those who peruse these pages. Last
year, 1914, I was asked by Mr. Charles Phillips, A. M., the poet
and journalist, to enlarge the lecture for The Monitor, of San
Francisco and since the appearance of the little serial, friends,
readers, and teachers of repute have prevailed upon me to put it
into permanent form. I comfort myself with the hope that ere long
others will take up the task, too long neglected-for six suns have
gone their round since . our poet took his flight to a higher
landand with more easy means of research than Providence has placed
in my power, will set before the admirers of the Poet of the
Quatrain a worthy portrait of the man and a worthy estimate of his
poetry and its influence. Itake pleasure in acknowledging my
indebtedness to the Right Reverend Mgr. T. S. Duggan, V. G., of
Hartford, for valued aids toward the biography of the poet, as also
to the Reverend Waldo Hasenfus, and Mr. Francis A. Litz I thank the
Reverend D. A. Connor for a copy of his eulogy pronounced over the
remains of Father Tabb and my special gratitude is due to the Very
Reverend M. F. Din neen, S. S., D. D., the able, learned and kindly
president of St. Charles College, for continual help and
encouragement in my labor of love. In conclusion, I would ask my
kind readers to seek in the last chapter an urgent motive for the
present publication, which is to be devoted to the attainment of
the object there explained. CONTENTS I. PAGE Birth and Boyhood.. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I I 11. The Boy-Soldier of the
Confederacy.. ... I 6 111. Prison Life. Sidney Lanier. . . . . . .
. . . . I 9 IV. Release from Captivity. Engages as Teacher. Alfred
A. Curtis.. . . . . . . . 22 v. Enters the True Fold. Studies for
the Priesthood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 VI.
Professor in St. Charles College. Bone Rules. With the Muses. . . .
. . . . . . . 28 VII. Characteristics. His Gift of Humor. . . . 32
VIII. Theological Studies. Ordination to the Priesthood. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 IX. Father Tabbs Poems Center
in God. ... 41 X. His First Published Volume of Poems. . 45 XI.
PACE Poems. An Octave to Mary. Lyrics. The Rosary in Verse. . . .
49 XII. Mrs. Meynells Selection of Verses. Quips and Quiddits.
Later Poems 53 XIII. Estimate of His Poems. His Optimistic Spirit.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 XIV...
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