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A BEE-KEEPER by ANONYMOUS

First Line: WHEN BEES COME HITHER IN THE FAIR SPRINGTIDE
Last Line: THE NEIGHBOUR OF THE MOUNTAIN-PEAK IS DEAD
Subject(s): BEES;INSECTS; BEEKEEPING;BUGS;

WHEN bees come hither in the fair springtide,
Tell them, ye nymphs and cattle-pastures chill,
How on a wintry night Leucippus died
While snaring scampering hares upon the hill;
The hives no more shall feel his fostering skill,
But the sad hollows where the flocks are fed,
For very grief are sighing for him still;
The neighbour of the mountain-peak is dead.



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