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BEE'S BURIAL by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS

First Line: ENCASED & SHINING IN A BEAD OF AMBER
Last Line: COFFINED IN HONEY - AS ANY BEE COULD WISH
Subject(s): BEES; INSECTS;

Poem Sources:

THE OXFORD BOOK OF CLASSICAL VERSE IN TRANSLATION. EDITED BY ADRIAN POOLE AND JEREMY MAULE.
  POOLE, ADRIAN (ED.)
  (1995)
 



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