Social Commentaries
The Tax-Gatherer
From Child Verse (1900)
Social Commentaries
"And pray, who are you?"
Said the violet blue
To the Bee, with surprise
At his wonderful size,
In her eye-glass of dew.
"I, madam," quoth he,
"Am a publican Bee,
Collecting the tax
On honey and wax.
Have you nothing for me?"
Cite this poem
MLA
Tabb, John Banister. “The Tax-Gatherer.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/14/.
Chicago
Tabb, John Banister. “The Tax-Gatherer.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/14/.
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