Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SWEET HONEY-SUCKING BEES, by ANONYMOUS Last Line: Was ever dart so sharp ah then you die Subject(s): Bees;honey;insects; Beekeeping;bugs | ||||||||
SWEET honey-sucking bees, Why do you still surfeit on roses, pinks, and violets As if the choicest nectar lay in them Wherewith you store your curious cabinets? Ah, make your flight to Melisuavia's lips There may you revel in Ambrosian cheer Where smiling roses and sweet lilies sit Keeping their spring-tide graces all the year Yet sweet take heed, all sweets are hard to get Sting not her soft lips, O beware of that, For if one flaming dart come from her eye Was ever dart so sharp ah then you die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EXHAUSTED BUG; FOR MY FATHER by ROBERT BLY PLASTIC BEATITUDE by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BEETLE LIGHT; FOR DANIEL HILLEN by MADELINE DEFREES CLEMATIS MONTANA by MADELINE DEFREES THOMAS MERTON AND THE WINTER MARSH by NORMAN DUBIE TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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