urn:lj:scribbld.com:atom1:horticulturist Elspeth Livesey Kneath Elspeth Livesey Kneath 2011-03-20T08:14:13Z urn:lj:scribbld.com:atom1:horticulturist:466 2011-03-20T08:14:13Z 2011-03-20T08:14:13Z <i>Pigmy seraphs gone astray,<br />Velvet people from Vevay,<br />Belles from some lost summer day,<br />Bees' exclusive coterie.<br />Paris could not lay the fold<br />Belted down with emerald;<br />Venice could not show a cheek<br />Of a tint so lustrous meek.<br />Never such an ambuscade<br />As of brier and leaf displayed<br />For my little damask maid.<br />I had rather wear her grace<br />Than an earl's distinguished face;<br />I had rather dwell like her<br />Than be Duke of Exeter<br />Royalty enough for me<br />To subdue the bumble-bee!</i><br /><br />-- Emily Dickinson