Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DUALISMS, by ALFRED TENNYSON


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First Line: Two bees within a crystal flowerbell rocked
Last Line: Summer's tanling diamond-eyed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): Summer


Two bees within a crystal flowerbell rocked,
Hum a love-lay to the west-wind at noontide.
Both alike, they buzz together,
Both alike, they hum together,
Through and through the flowered heather.
Where in a creeping cove the wave unshocked
Lays itself calm and wide.
Over a stream two birds of glancing feather
Do woo each other, carolling together.
Both alike, they glide together,
Side by side;
Both alike, they sing together,
Arching blue-glossed necks beneath the purple weather.

Two children lovelier than Love adown the lea are singing,
As they gambol, lily-garlands ever stringing:
Both in blosm-white silk are frocked:
Like, unlike, they roam together
Under a summer vault of golden weather:
Like, unlike, they sing together
Side by side,
Mid-May's darling golden-locked,
Summer's tanling diamond-eyed.







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