Nature
A Spy
From Child Verse (1900)
Nature
Sighed the languid Moon to the Morning Star:
"O little maid, how late you are!"
"I couldn't rise from my couch," quoth she,
"While the Man-in-the-Moon was looking at me."
Cite this poem
MLA
Tabb, John Banister. “A Spy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/28/.
Chicago
Tabb, John Banister. “A Spy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/28/.
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