Life is like a wayside bloom The butterfly disdains, But where the probing honey-bee Finds nectar for her pains. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BAY FIGHT by HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL COMPANIONS; A TALE OF A GRANDFATHER by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY THE REVENGE OF RAIN-IN-THE-FACE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW WITH A NANTUCKET SHELL by CHARLES HENRY WEBB ANACREON by ANTIPATER OF SIDON AUTUMN by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LILIES: 1. THE GREAT WAVE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |