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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BEE, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Mark how the neat assiduous bee
Last Line: When smiling youth is past.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Bees; Insects; Beekeeping; Bugs
First Line: Mark how the neat assiduous bee
Last Line: When smiling youth is past.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Bees; Insects; Beekeeping; Bugs
MARK how the neat assiduous bee,
Pattern of frugal industry,
Pursues her earnest toil;
All day the pleasing task she plies,
And to her cell at evening hies,
Enriched with golden spoil.
She warns us to employ the hours,
In gathering stores from learning's flowers;
For these will ever last:
These mental charms will fill the place
Of every beauty, every grace,
When smiling youth is past.
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