https://www.scribbld.com/users/horticulturist/ Elspeth Livesey Kneath - Scribbld Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:14:13 GMT LiveJournal / Scribbld horticulturist personal https://www.scribbld.com/userpic/300168/45389 https://www.scribbld.com/users/horticulturist/ 100 100 https://www.scribbld.com/users/horticulturist/466.html Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:14:13 GMT https://www.scribbld.com/users/horticulturist/466.html <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 https://www.scribbld.com/users/horticulturist/466.html public public