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THE VINES THAT MISSED THE BEES by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON

First Line: ONCE, WHEN I SAW THE TEARS UPON YOUR VINES
Last Line: THEY MISSED THE HONEYED MUSIC HE HAS CAUGHT.
Subject(s): RUCELLAI, GIOVANNI (1475-1525); VINES & VINEYARDS;
(TO COUNT COSIMO RUCELLAI OF FLORENCE WITH A COPY OF HIS ANCESTOR GIOVANNI RUCELLAI'S POEM "THE
BEES")

ONCE, when I saw the tears upon your vines
You told me they were "weeping" -- but for what?
I find their secret in your kinsman's lines:
@3They missed the honeyed music he has caught.@1



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