Ok. Here is something to chew on.
"But tarry scant with marvel gaze" =
But = however
tarry = to delay, retard, linger
scant = "short, brief, perhaps ultimately hornless, from PIE *kem-(1) "hornless" see hind
Hind = female deer, young deer or gazelle
with = denotes association, combination, or union
marvel = "a miracle; a thing, act, or event which causes astonishment," also "wonderful story or legend,"
gaze = to look at intently, heed
Clearly this line is something FF wants us to pay close attention to and can be broken down as follows:
Look intently at a story/legend of a young deer/dear
What immediately comes to my mind when I think of a story of a young dear? Bambi
Bambi = derives from bambina or bambino which means baby, which in turn comes from the word "babe."
A second "babe" FF has alluded to is the legend "Babe Ruth"
The third is more difficult.
Amelia Earhart. She was known as "The babe of the sky"
We know in Chapter 44 in TFTW, the title FF chose is "the world lost its darling"
Daring = double diminutive of deor "dear"
Amelia Ear(Hart) = Middle English hert, from Old English heorot "hart, stag, male of the red deer
A final note: babe = sometimes a child's variant of papa "father."
So I *think* if you are in the correct location for this clue, this would be the location that is "dear" to FF, and somehow correlates to his father. However, at this point, I'm not sure I would agree that it is the location of the TC.
Why 3 babes? No idea. Any thoughts?