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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TULIP AND THE LILY, SELECTION, by JAMES BARCLAY First Line: To these proud taunts and more beside Last Line: "perfumes e'en cloe's fragrant breath." Subject(s): Bees; Flowers; Insects; Lilies; Beekeeping; Bugs | |||
"To these proud taunts and more beside, The lily not a word replied. But hung her head with modest grace, Nor looked th'insulter in the face." "Not so the bee, who murmured near, And chanced th'opprobrious strain to hear, Ill-pleased to see the flower neglected, Which she so honoured and respected, From whose full cup she daily drew So large a share of precious dew." "On Cloe's breast still seen to blow Adds whiteness to the dazzling snow: And dealing sweetness, though in death, Perfumes e'en Cloe's fragrant breath." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EXHAUSTED BUG; FOR MY FATHER by ROBERT BLY PLASTIC BEATITUDE by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BEETLE LIGHT; FOR DANIEL HILLEN by MADELINE DEFREES CLEMATIS MONTANA by MADELINE DEFREES THOMAS MERTON AND THE WINTER MARSH by NORMAN DUBIE THE INVITATION by JAMES BARCLAY |
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