...earliest ray, .. And yonder star, shedding sweet influence, Heralds th1 approach of day's more fiery orb, Come, sister-nymphs !" She spoke, and reach'd her...when a swarm Of bees, led from their waxen citadel, Built in some hollow oak, following their queen O'er beds of thyme, cluster with pleasing hum, And...

...earliest ray, And yonder star, shedding sweet influence, Heralds th' approach of day's more fiery orb, Come, sister-nymphs !" She spoke, and reach'd her hand, And pluck'd her fav'rite grief-inwoven How'r. Meanwhile, dispersed around, the roving maids Throng in each various path, as when a swarm Of...

...the bee for the blossoming Thyme, here is an extract from Claudian's poem of " Proserpine :" — " Meanwhile, dispersed around, the roving maids Throng...when a swarm Of bees, led from their waxen citadel. Built in some hollow oak, following their queen O'er beds of Thyme, cluster with pleasing hum." The...

...of the bee for the blossoming Thyme, here is one more, from Claudian's ' Eape of Proserpine :' — ' Meanwhile, dispersed around, the roving maids Throng...when a swarm Of bees, led from their waxen citadel, Built in some hollow oak, following the_ir queen O'er beds of Thyme, cluster with pleasing hum.' The...