Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE ROSE AND THE BEE, by SARA TEASDALE


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First Line: If I were a bee and you were a rose
Last Line: "if you were a bee."
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Bees; Flowers; Insects; Roses; Beekeeping; Bugs


If I were a bee and you were a rose,
Would you let me in when the gray wind blows?
Would you hold your petals wide apart,
Would you let me in to find your heart,
If you were a rose?

"If I were a rose and you were a bee,
You should never go when you came to me,
I should hold my love on my heart at last,
I should close my leaves and keep you fast,
If you were a bee."








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