Nature
The Brook
From Child Verse (1900)
Nature
It is the mountain to the sea
That makes a messenger of me;
And, lest I loiter on the way
And lose what I am sent to say,
He sets his reverie to song,
And bids me sing it all day long.
Farewell! for here the stream is slow,
And I have many a mile to go.
Cite this poem
MLA
Tabb, John Banister. “The Brook.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/31/.
Chicago
Tabb, John Banister. “The Brook.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/31/.
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