John B. Tabb Quote

And pray, who are you?"
Said the Violet blue
To the Bee, with surprise,
At his wonderful size,
In her eyeglass of dew.
"I, madam," quoth he,
"Am a publican Bee,
Collecting the tax
Of honey and wax.
Have you nothing for me?

Child Verse: Poems Grave and Gay (ed. Library of Alexandria, 1900) - ISBN: 9781465506450