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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BELIEF, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER
First Line: In six gold weeks of summer
Last Line: Believing that flowers are eternal.
Subject(s): Death; Imagination; Dead, The; Fancy
First Line: In six gold weeks of summer
Last Line: Believing that flowers are eternal.
Subject(s): Death; Imagination; Dead, The; Fancy
In six gold weeks of summer
The striped bee,
Still eager for more roses,
And sunny paths of clover sweetness,
Dies,
Believing that flowers are eternal.
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