The nearest Dream
recedes - unrealized -
The Heaven we chase -
Like the June Bee -
before the School Boy -
Invites the Race -
Stoops - to an easy
Clover -
Dips - evades - teazes -
deploys -
Then - to the Royal
Clouds
Lifts his light Pinnace -
Heedless of the Boy -
Staring - bewildered -
at the mocking sky -

Homesick for steadfast Honey -
Ah - the Bee
flies not
That brews that
rare variety!

About 1862. BPL 12.

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