The Humble-Bee, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Burly, dozing humble-bee,
Where thou art is ...
Burly, dozing humble-bee,
Where thou art is ...
Flow, flow the waves hated,
Accursed, adore...
I. THE INITIAL LOVE Venus, when her son was l...
Daughter of Heaven and Earth, coy Spring,
Wi...
Thy trivial harp will never please
Or fill my ...
The rhyme of the poet
Modulates the king's aff...
I Of Merlin wise I learned a song, --
Sing it...
I cannot spare water or wine,
Tobacco-leaf, ...
Thousand minstrels woke within me,
'Our music...
Because I was content with these poor fields,
...
I A subtle chain of countless rings
The next ...
Already blushes on thy cheek
The bosom though...
The yesterday doth never smile,
The day goes ...
Though loath to grieve
The evil time's sole pa...
Who gave thee, O Beauty,
The keys of this br...
I like a church; I like a cowl;
I love a prop...
In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, ...
The sun goes down, and with him takes
The coa...
Trees in groves,
Kine in droves,
In ocean s...
Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arr...
Mine are the night and morning,
The pits of ...
The Sphinx is drowsy,
Her wings are furled:
...
It is time to be old,
To take in sail: --
Th...
The South-wind brings
Life, sunshine and desi...
You shall not be overbold
When you deal with a...