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A flash of harmless lightning, A mist of rainbow dyes, The burnished sunbeams brightening From flower to flower he flies.

John B. Tabb

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John B. Tabb
Age: 64 †
Born: 1845
Born: March 22
Died: 1909
Died: November 19
Poet
Teacher
the United States of America
John Banister Tabb
Lightning
Brightening
Flash
Dyes
Flower
Sunbeams
Humming
Harmless
Mist
Flies
Rainbow
Burnished

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