You May Also Like / View all maxioms
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved, in a tear of the
sisters of Phaeton, so that it seems read more
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.
The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee;
A clover, any time, to him
read more
The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee;
A clover, any time, to him
Is aristocracy.
Listen! O, listen!
Here come the hum the golden bees
Underneath full blossomed trees,
read more
Listen! O, listen!
Here come the hum the golden bees
Underneath full blossomed trees,
At once with glowing fruit and flowers crowned.
His labor is a chant,
His idleness a tune;
Oh, for a bee's experience
read more
His labor is a chant,
His idleness a tune;
Oh, for a bee's experience
Of clovers and of noon!
Burly, dozing humblebee,
Where thou art is clime for me.
Let them sail for Porto Rique,
read more
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!
The careful insect 'midst his works I view,
Now from the flowers exhaust the fragrant dew,
With read more
The careful insect 'midst his works I view,
Now from the flowers exhaust the fragrant dew,
With golden treasures load his little thighs,
And steer his distant journey through the skies.
The wild Bee reels from bough to bough
With his furry coat and his gauzy wing,
Now read more
The wild Bee reels from bough to bough
With his furry coat and his gauzy wing,
Now in a lily cup, and now
Setting a jacinth bell a-swing,
In his wandering.
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?
