William Dean Howells (Уильям Дин Хоуэллс)

The Sarcastic Fair

Her mouth is a honey-blossom,
No doubt, as the poet sings;
But within her lips, the petals,
Lurks a cruel bee, who stings.

William Dean Howells’s other poems:

  1. Vision
  2. The Song the Oriole Sings
  3. In Earliest Spring
  4. By the Sea
  5. The Two Wives




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