Nature
The Bee and the Blossoms
From Child Verse (1900)
Nature
"Why stand ye idle, blossoms bright,
The livelong summer day?"
"Alas! we labour all the night
For what thou takest away."
Cite this poem
MLA
Tabb, John Banister. “The Bee and the Blossoms.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/13/.
Chicago
Tabb, John Banister. “The Bee and the Blossoms.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/13/.
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