Poem by John Bannister Tabb

The Brook

It is the mountain to the sea
That makes a messenger of me;
And, lest I loiter on the way
And lose what I am sent to say,
He sets his reverie to song,
And bids me sing it all day long.
Farewell! for here the stream is slow,
And I have many a mile to go.

1. Bicycles! Tricycles!
2. The Sun
3. An Insectarian
4. The Squirrel
5. Frog-Making

Madison Cawein The Brook ("To it the forest tells")

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