Сверх меры дам ужель
тебе, коль будь ты шмель,
царицей раз иметь
всего букет?
(Эмили - к Боулзу.)
[David Preest:
This poem, as a teasing joke, may have
accompanied a gift of flowers to Samuel
Bowles. Since all Emily can send to him,
as the Queen of the hive and of her life,
is a nosegay of flowers, could she do any
more for him if he were just
a humble Bumble Bee?]
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Could -- I do more -- for Thee by Emily Dickinson
Could -- I do more -- for Thee --
Wert Thou a Bumble Bee --
Since for the Queen, have I --
Nought but Bouquet?