Versos English Robert Herrick The Present; Or, The Bag Of The Bees

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The Present; Or, The Bag Of The Bees

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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.