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John Bannister Tabb (Джон Банистер Табб)


The Tax-Gatherer


"And pray, who are you?"
Said the violet blue
To the Bee, with surprise
At his wonderful size,
In her eye-glass of dew.

"I, madam," quoth he,
"Am a publican Bee,
Collecting the tax
On honey and wax.
Have you nothing for me?"



John Bannister Tabb's other poems:
  1. Bicycles! Tricycles!
  2. A Legacy
  3. Foot-Soldiers
  4. Frog-Making
  5. The Sun


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