English Poetry. John Bannister Tabb. Butterfly. Джон Банистер Табб.

John Bannister Tabb (Джон Банистер Табб)

Butterfly

  Butterfly, Butterfly, sipping the sand,
  Have you forgotten the flowers of the land?
  Or are you so sated with honey and dew
  That sand-filtered water tastes better to you

John Bannister Tabb’s other poems:

1. Chimney Stacks
2. The Bobolink
3. The Bee and the Blossoms
4. The Honey-Bee
5. The Pleiads

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