The naturalist's poetical companion, with notes, selected by E. Wilson |
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... busy bee , And let thy homestead be with me : - There , sheltered by the straw - built hive , In my garden thou ... busy bee . MRS . CHARLOTTE SMITH . TO BLOSSOMS . FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree Why POETICAL COMPANION . 9 The Bee's ...
... busy bee , And let thy homestead be with me : - There , sheltered by the straw - built hive , In my garden thou ... busy bee . MRS . CHARLOTTE SMITH . TO BLOSSOMS . FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree Why POETICAL COMPANION . 9 The Bee's ...
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... busy mill , And now disdains the little name of rill : The clustering cots ... busy mortals trod , High overarches the ambitious flood : Now crowded cities , lofty turrets ... BEE . THOU cheerful bee ! come freely come 14 THE NATURALIST'S.
... busy mill , And now disdains the little name of rill : The clustering cots ... busy mortals trod , High overarches the ambitious flood : Now crowded cities , lofty turrets ... BEE . THOU cheerful bee ! come freely come 14 THE NATURALIST'S.
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... bee ! come freely come , And travel round my woodbine bower , Delight me ... busy , and so pleased ; yet it is only a specimen of insect life , with ... busy bee . " Bees work for man : and yet they never bruise Their master's flower ...
... bee ! come freely come , And travel round my woodbine bower , Delight me ... busy , and so pleased ; yet it is only a specimen of insect life , with ... busy bee . " Bees work for man : and yet they never bruise Their master's flower ...
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... BEE . COWPER . SWEET Labourer ! ' mid the Summer's golden hour , Full oft I trace thy little busy flight ; With pleasure see thee perch from flower to flower , On violets , woodbines , roses , lilies light ! Yet what to thee , is ...
... BEE . COWPER . SWEET Labourer ! ' mid the Summer's golden hour , Full oft I trace thy little busy flight ; With pleasure see thee perch from flower to flower , On violets , woodbines , roses , lilies light ! Yet what to thee , is ...
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... Bee - flower , Ophrys apifera , to which the poem alludes , one of the petals exactly resembles a bee sipping honey . Lang- horne , in his Fables of Flora , admirably depicts it . See on that floweret's velvet breast , How close the busy ...
... Bee - flower , Ophrys apifera , to which the poem alludes , one of the petals exactly resembles a bee sipping honey . Lang- horne , in his Fables of Flora , admirably depicts it . See on that floweret's velvet breast , How close the busy ...
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