Nature
A Sunstroke
From Child Verse (1900)
Nature
The Sun courted Water,
Earth's loveliest daughter,
And strove to abduct her in vain:
For, when he had caught her,
And to the clouds brought her,
Home she came running in rain.
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MLA
Tabb, John Banister. “A Sunstroke.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/61/.
Chicago
Tabb, John Banister. “A Sunstroke.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/61/.
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