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> [Alas! dear Joy, the merriest, is dead. But I have wed Peace ; and our babe, a boy, New-born, is Joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-b-tabb/alas-dear-joy-the-merriest-is-dead-but-i-have-wed-peace-and-our-babe/)

[John B. Tabb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-b-tabb/)

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## More by John B. Tabb

> [Alas! dear Joy, the merriest, is dead. But I have wed Peace ; and our babe, a boy, New-born, is Joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-b-tabb/alas-dear-joy-the-merriest-is-dead-but-i-have-wed-peace-and-our-babe/)

[John B. Tabb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-b-tabb/)

> [In every seed to breathe a flower, In every drop of dew To reverence a cloister star Within the distant blue; To wait the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-b-tabb/in-every-seed-to-breathe-a-flower-in-every-drop-of-dew-to-reverence-a/)

[John B. Tabb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-b-tabb/)

> [A flash of harmless lightning, A mist of rainbow dyes, The burnished sunbeams brightening From flower to flower he flies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-b-tabb/a-flash-of-harmless-lightning-a-mist-of-rainbow-dyes-the-burnished/)

[John B. Tabb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-b-tabb/)

> [“A flash of harmless lightning, A mist of rainbow dyes. The burnished sunbeams brightening From flower to flower he flies; While wakes the nodding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-b-tabb/a-flash-of-harmless-lightning-a-mist-of-rainbow-dyes-the-burnished-2/)

[John B. Tabb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-b-tabb/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-b-tabb/why-should-i-stay-nor-seed-nor-fruit-have-i-but-sprung-at-once-to/)

[John B. Tabb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-b-tabb/)

> [Out of the dusk a shadow, Then a spark; Out of the cloud a silence, Then a lark; Out of the heart a rapture,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-b-tabb/out-of-the-dusk-a-shadow-then-a-spark-out-of-the-cloud-a-silence-then/)

[John B. Tabb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-b-tabb/)

> [Hush! With sudden gush As from a fountain sings in yonder bush The Hermit Thrush.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-b-tabb/hush-with-sudden-gush-as-from-a-fountain-sings-in-yonder-bush-the/)

[John B. Tabb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-b-tabb/)

> [And pray, who are you?" Said the Violet blue To the Bee, with surprise, At his wonderful size, In her eyeglass of dew. "I,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-b-tabb/and-pray-who-are-you-said-the-violet-blue-to-the-bee-with-surprise-at/)

[John B. Tabb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-b-tabb/)

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