Pretty Lessons in Verse for Good Children; with Some Lessons in Latin, in Easy Rhyme. By Sara Coleridge. The Fourth Edition, with Many Cuts |
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BEES.
In Latin apis means a bee,
And honey is call'd mel,
And favus is the honey-comb,
And cella is the cell.
And honey is call'd mel,
And favus is the honey-comb,
And cella is the cell.
In Latin cera means the wax,
And alvear the hive,
In which the Bees their food prepare,
In which they live and thrive.
And alvear the hive,
In which the Bees their food prepare,
In which they live and thrive.
And flores are the fragrant flowers
They skilfully select;
And pollen is the yellow dust
Which they from them collect.
They skilfully select;
And pollen is the yellow dust
Which they from them collect.
And femur is the tiny thigh,
Well fringed with useful hair;
And tilia is the linden-tree,
To which the bees repair.
Well fringed with useful hair;
And tilia is the linden-tree,
To which the bees repair.
And mellio's the honey-gnat,
And fucus is a drone;
And spiculum's the fearful sting,
Which causes many a groan.
And fucus is a drone;
And spiculum's the fearful sting,
Which causes many a groan.
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Exāmen is the busy swarm,
And gluten is the glue
With which they stop the crevices,
When they their work review.
And gluten is the glue
With which they stop the crevices,
When they their work review.
And chrysălis the curious case,
The cradle of the Bee;
And propŏlis the sticky stuff
Which on their doors you see.
The cradle of the Bee;
And propŏlis the sticky stuff
Which on their doors you see.
But little did the ancients know
With what they feed their young;
And Virgil called the queen a king,
When of their works he sung.
With what they feed their young;
And Virgil called the queen a king,
When of their works he sung.
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