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A BEE-KEEPER, by                    
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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