“The starry brocade of the summer night Is linked to us as part of our estate; And every bee that wings its sidelong flight Assurance of a sweeter, fairer fate.” NightFateSummerWingsFlightBeesEstatesLinkedAssuranceSummer Nights Book:The Janitor's Boy and Other Poems Source: The Janitor's Boy and Other Poems
“The very serpents bite their tails; the bees forget to sting, For a language so celestial setteth up a wondering. And the touch of absent mindedness is more than any line, Since direction counts for nothing when the gods set up a sign.” LanguageLinesForgetWonderBitesBeesTailsAbsentCelestialSerpentAbsent MindedAbsent Mindedness Book:The Janitor's Boy and Other Poems Source: The Janitor's Boy and Other Poems