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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BUTTERFLY, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Butterfly, butterfly, sipping the sand
Last Line: That sand-filtered water tastes better to you?
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Butterflies; Insects; Bugs
First Line: Butterfly, butterfly, sipping the sand
Last Line: That sand-filtered water tastes better to you?
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Butterflies; Insects; Bugs
Butterfly, Butterfly, sipping the sand,
Have you forgotten the flowers of the land?
Or are you so sated with honey and dew
That sand-filtered water tastes better to you?
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