Living
Stray Birds 127: Bees sip honey from flowers and hum their
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
Bees sip honey from flowers and hum their thanks when they leave.
The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 127: Bees sip honey from flowers and hum their.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/314/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 127: Bees sip honey from flowers and hum their.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/314/.
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