Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LESSON, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: Mother tells little bee Last Line: Sons of men! Sons of men! Subject(s): Bees; Insects; Beekeeping; Bugs | ||||||||
MOTHER tells little bee, Yonder wax taper flee; But for his mother's prayers Little bee little cares. Round the light hovers he, Humming all merrily; Mother's cry hears not he, Little bee! Little bee! Youthful one! Foolish one! Poor little simpleton! In the flame rusheth he, Little bee! Little bee! Now the flame flickers high, In the flame he must die: 'Ware of the maidens, then, Sons of men! Sons of men! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EXHAUSTED BUG; FOR MY FATHER by ROBERT BLY PLASTIC BEATITUDE by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BEETLE LIGHT; FOR DANIEL HILLEN by MADELINE DEFREES CLEMATIS MONTANA by MADELINE DEFREES THOMAS MERTON AND THE WINTER MARSH by NORMAN DUBIE |
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