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THE ROSE AND THE BEE by SARA TEASDALE

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First Line: IF I WERE A BEE AND YOU WERE A ROSE
Last Line: "IF YOU WERE A BEE."
Subject(s): BEES; FLOWERS; INSECTS; ROSES; BEEKEEPING; BUGS;
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."






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