English Poetry. John Bannister Tabb. Chimney Stacks. Джон Банистер Табб.

John Bannister Tabb (Джон Банистер Табб)

Chimney Stacks

  In winter's cold and summer's heat
    The hospitable chimneys greet
    Their never-failing guests;
  For when the sparks are upward gone,
  The swallows downward come anon,
    To build their neighboring nests.

John Bannister Tabb’s other poems:

1. The Bobolink
2. The Bee and the Blossoms
3. The Honey-Bee
4. The Pleiads
5. Jack Frost’s Apology

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