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“The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved, in a tear of the sisters of Phaeton, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar. It has obtained a worthy reward for its great toils; we may suppose that the bee itself would have desired such a death.”

May Seems Tears Shining Rewards Worthy Bees Toil Nectar

Book:The Epigrams of Martial

Source: The Epigrams of Martial

“O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell, Let it not be among the jumbled heap Of murky buildings: climb with me the steep,-- Nature's observatory--whence the dell, In flowery slopes, its river's crystal swell, May seem a span; let me thy vigils keep 'Mongst boughs pavilion'd, where the deer's swift leap Startles the wild bee from the foxglove bell.”

Ifs May Seems Building Solitude Rivers Let Me Thee Climbs Leap Bells Bees Crystals Deer Slopes Steep Dell Foxgloves

Book:Keats: 'Ode to a Nightingale' and Other Poems

Source: Keats: 'Ode to a Nightingale' and Other Poems

“Man may be considered as a superior species of animal that produces philosophies and poems in about the same way a silkworm produces their cocoons and bees their hives.”

Men Way May Philosophy Animal Produce Species Superiors Bees Cocoons Hives

Author:Hippolyte Taine

“Answer July- Where is the Bee- Where is the Blush- Where is the Hay? Ah, said July- Where is the Seed- Where is the Bud- Where is the May- Answer Thee-Me-”

May Said Answers Summer Seeds Thee Bees July Bud Hay

Book:Emily Dickinson

Source: Emily Dickinson

“When all is said and done, how do we know but that our own unreason may be better than another's truth? for it has been warmed on our hearths and in our souls, and is ready for the wild bees of truth to hive in it, and make their sweet honey.”

Knows May Has Beens Said Soul Done Ready Sweet Honey Bees Said And Done Hives Sweet Honey

Book:The Celtic Twilight

Source: The Celtic Twilight