The White Bees
Henry Van Dyke
The White Bees
Henry Van Dyke · English
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The White Bees
Henry Van Dyke · English
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THE WHITE BEES AND OTHER POEMS THE WHITE BEES I LEGEND Long ago Apollo called to Aristaeus, youngest of the shepherds, Saying, "I will make you keeper of my bees." Golden were the hives, and golden was the honey; golden, too, the music, Where the honey-makers hummed among the trees. Happy Aristaeus loitered in the garden, wandered in the orchard, Careless and contented, indolent and free; Lightly took his labour
The White Bees
Henry Van Dyke
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