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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POSSUM SONG (A WARNING) by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE RAND MCNALLY ATLAS by KAREN SWENSON THE EXILE'S SONG by ROBERT GILFILLAN THE CAGED GOLDFINCH by THOMAS HARDY ON A GRAVE AT GRINDELWALD by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS THE CASE OF EDGAR ABBOTT AND PHILIP RIDD by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |