Ballade Of The Bees Of Trebizond Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACBDBD ABABBDBD DBDBBDBD E BDBD| There blooms a flower in Trebizond | A |
| Stored with such honey for the bee | B |
| So saith the antique book I conned | A |
| Of such alluring fragrancy | C |
| Not sweeter smells the Eden tree | B |
| Thither the maddened feasters fly | D |
| Yet so alas is it with me | B |
| To taste that honey is to die | D |
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| Belov d I as foolish fond | A |
| Feast still my eyes and heart on thee | B |
| Asking no blessedness beyond | A |
| Thy face from morn till night to see | B |
| Ensorcelled past all remedy | B |
| Even as those foolish bees am I | D |
| Though well I know my destiny | B |
| To taste that honey is to die | D |
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| O'er such a doom shall I despond | D |
| I would not from thy snare go free | B |
| Release me not from thy sweet bond | D |
| I live but in thy mystery | B |
| Though all my senses from me flee | B |
| I still would glut my glazing eye | D |
| Thou nectar of mortality | B |
| To taste that honey is to die | D |
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| ENVOI | E |
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| Princess before I cease to be | B |
| Bend o'er my lips so burning dry | D |
| Thy honeycombs of ivory | B |
| To taste that honey is to die | D |
Richard Le Gallienne
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