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TUSITALA, by                    
First Line: Tusitala, you can tell
Last Line: Teller, you shall never die!
Subject(s): Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894


TUSITALA, you can tell
Tales for children very well,
Soldiers, gardens, hills, and trees,
Boats and pails and little seas.
Tales of butterflies with wings ''"
All the world of little things.

Tusitala, you who made
Tales of all the times you played
In the garden, in the swing,
In the world of everything,
Long as any tale is told
You can not grow sad or old.

Tusitala, you who knew
All the good things children do ''"
Garden gate and meadow tree.
Sofa, counterpane, and sea.
Long as there's the wind and sky
Teller, you shall never die!





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