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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BUCOLIC COMEDY: CLOWN ARGHEB'S SONG, by EDITH SITWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Clown argheb the honey-bee
Last Line: But the pink freezing stars!
Subject(s): Bees
First Line: Clown argheb the honey-bee
Last Line: But the pink freezing stars!
Subject(s): Bees
CLOWN ARGHEB the honey-bee
Counted his money, "See
In the bandstand in Hell,
Buzzing, the tunes that fell
Raise up glass houses, round
Serres-chaudes as forcing-ground,
Lest bald heads harden
In Hell's kitchen garden."
Poet and pedagogue
Bump their bald heads, agog --
(Melon and marrow,
And cucumber narrow).
Next day comes Proserpine,
Parasol raised, and "See,
Ma'am," says the gardener, "these
Thoughts are as thick as peas!"
So sighed the clown, singing
Buzz, and still clinging,
To no horizontal bars,
But the pink freezing stars!
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