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The Present; Or, the Bag of the Bee

by Robert Herrick, 1648

Fly to my mistress, pretty pilfering bee,
And say thou bring’st this honey bag from me:
When on her lip thou hast thy sweet dew placed,
Mark if her tongue but slyly steal a taste.
If so, we live; if not, with mournful hum
Toll forth my death; next, to my burial come.

Published in Hesperides
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