Nature
The Rose and the Bee
From Helen of Troy and Other Poems (1911)
Nature
If I were a bee and you were a rose,
Would you let me in when the gray wind blows?
Would you hold your petals wide apart,
Would you let me in to find your heart,
If you were a rose?
"If I were a rose and you were a bee,
You should never go when you came to me,
I should hold my love on my heart at last,
I should close my leaves and keep you fast,
If you were a bee."
Cite this poem
MLA
Teasdale, Sara. “The Rose and the Bee.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/146/.
Chicago
Teasdale, Sara. “The Rose and the Bee.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/146/.
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