Bees prefer –
And Butterflies – desire –
To gain the Purple Democrat
The Humming Bird – aspire –
And Whatsoever Insect pass –
A Honey bear away
Proportioned to his several
dearth
And her – capacity –
Her face be rounder than
the Moon
And ruddier than the Gown
Of Orchis in the Pasture –
Or Rhodo<n>⠿d⠿endron – worn –
She doth not wait for June –
Before the World be Green –
¦
Her sturdy little Countenance
Against the Wind – be seen –
Contending with the Grass –
Near Kinsman to Herself –
For privilege of Sod and Sun –
Sweet Litigants for Life –
And when the Hills be full –
And newer fashions blow –
Doth not retract a single
spice
For pang of jealousy –
Her Public – be the Noon –
Her Providence – the Sun –
Her Progress – by the Bee –
proclaimed –
In sovreign – Swerveless Tune –
¦
The Bravest – of the Host –
Surrendering – the last –
Nor even of Defeat – aware –
When cancelled by the Frost –
A Secret told –
<T>⠿C⠿eases to be a Secret – then –
A Secret – kept –
That – can appal but One –
Better of it – continual
be afraid –
Than it –
And Whom you told it
to – beside –