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    The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved, in a tear of the
    sisters of Phaeton, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
    It has obtained a worthy reward for its great toils; we may
    suppose that the bee itself would have desired such a death.

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Seeing only what is fair,
Sipping only what is sweet,
. . . .
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Seeing only what is fair,
Sipping only what is sweet,
. . . .
Leave the chaff, and take the wheat.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Bees Quotes,
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Listen! O, listen!
Here come the hum the golden bees
Underneath full blossomed trees,
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Listen! O, listen!
Here come the hum the golden bees
Underneath full blossomed trees,
At once with glowing fruit and flowers crowned.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Bees Quotes,
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As busie as a Bee.

As busie as a Bee.

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Burly, dozing humblebee,
Where thou art is clime for me.
Let them sail for Porto Rique,
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Burly, dozing humblebee,
Where thou art is clime for me.
Let them sail for Porto Rique,
Far-off heats through seas to seek.
I will follow thee alone,
Thou animated torrid-zone!

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Bees Quotes,
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How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
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How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower.

by Isaac Watts Found in: Bees Quotes,
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You are my honey, honeysuckle, I am the bee.

You are my honey, honeysuckle, I am the bee.

by Albert H. Fitz Found in: Bees Quotes,
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His labor is a chant,
His idleness a tune;
Oh, for a bee's experience
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His labor is a chant,
His idleness a tune;
Oh, for a bee's experience
Of clovers and of noon!

by Emily Dickinson Found in: Bees Quotes,
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The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee;
A clover, any time, to him
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The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee;
A clover, any time, to him
Is aristocracy.

by Emily Dickinson Found in: Bees Quotes,
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In the nice bee, what sense so subtly true
From pois'nous herbs extracts the healing dew?

In the nice bee, what sense so subtly true
From pois'nous herbs extracts the healing dew?

by Alexander Pope Found in: Bees Quotes,
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