FATHER DAMIEN By John Bannister Tabb O God, the cleanest offering Of tainted earth below, Unblemished to thy feet we bring— “A leper white as snow!” Joyce Kilmer, ed., Dreams and Images: An Anthology of Catholic Poets (Toronto: Musson Book Co., 1917), 253. NOTE: Born to an affluent Virginia family, John Bannister Tabb (1845-1909) fought [...]
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