Nature
Chimney Stacks
From Child Verse (1900)
Nature
In winter's cold and summer's heat
The hospitable chimneys greet
Their never-failing guests;
For when the sparks are upward gone,
The swallows downward come anon,
To build their neighboring nests.
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MLA
Tabb, John Banister. “Chimney Stacks.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/10/.
Chicago
Tabb, John Banister. “Chimney Stacks.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/10/.
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