Love
A Merry Bee
From Victorian Songs (1895)
Love
A golden bee a-cometh
O'er the mere, glassy mere,
And a merry tale he hummeth
In my ear.
How he seized and kist a blossom,
From its tree, thorny tree,
Plucked and placed in Annie's bosom,
Hums the bee!
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MLA
Skipsey, Joseph. “A Merry Bee.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/skipsey/0/.
Chicago
Skipsey, Joseph. “A Merry Bee.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/skipsey/0/.
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