Nature
The bee is not afraid of me
Nature
The bee is not afraid of me,
I know the butterfly;
The pretty people in the woods
Receive me cordially.
The brooks laugh louder when I come,
The breezes madder play.
Wherefore, mine eyes, thy silver mists?
Wherefore, O summer's day?
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “The bee is not afraid of me.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/50/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “The bee is not afraid of me.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/50/.
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