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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BEE AND THE BLOSSOMS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Why stand ye idle, blossoms bright
Last Line: "for what thou takest away!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Bees; Flowers; Insects; Beekeeping; Bugs
First Line: Why stand ye idle, blossoms bright
Last Line: "for what thou takest away!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Bees; Flowers; Insects; Beekeeping; Bugs
Why stand ye idle, blossoms bright,
The livelong summer day?
"Alas! we labor all the night
For what thou takest away!"
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