There is a flower that Bees prefer by Emily Dickin
у бабочек - желан,
порфиронос-мироуправ
колибри - целью дан...
С медком - любая из козяв,
какой ни пролететь,
по их отдельным силам взяв,
согласно их нужде...
Обличьем, лунного круглей,
он рдеет по-рыжу -
ятрышник то ли, с выпаса,
то ль рододендрон сжух...
Не ждя июня, зелен...
Весь мир не ждав ни в чём,
проглянет, силой мелких черт
встречь ветру обращён...
Сам, в тяжбе с муравой,
себе же прилежит
как сродник, средь сутяг родных,
за свет, за право жить...
А всполниться холмам,
повеять свежим коль -
ни вдохом острость ту неймёт
как ревности укол...
В общь - День ему еси,
и Светоч дан - в догляд,
и взрост - пчелой провозглашён,
в нот высший, ровный лад...
Из воинств - всех храбрей,
последним сдастся он,
так и не зная про разгром,
что стужей отменён...
(Эмили - о простом клевере.)
[David Preest:
The ‘Purple Democrat’ (line 3) of this poem is the common clover.
‘several’ (line 7) = ‘individual.’
‘for June’ (line 13) needs a full stop after it.
‘sweet litigants’ (line 20) are the grass and the clover.
‘Providence’ (line 26) = ‘caretaker.’
‘Her Progress….Tune’ (lines 27-8) means
that the growth of the clover is not charted
by gardener but only by the bee, as it buzzes on
a single note and hovers commandingly over the clover.
Judith Farr (G) points out that it is all of Emily’s love
for small flowers that she gives the humble clover 32 lines
of affectionate description and describes the flower
in anthropomorphic terms. The generous clover (lines 5-8)
has a ‘sturdy little Countenance’ (line 15). It is a kinsman
and a litigant (lines 18-20). It is not jealous (line 24)
but the ‘Bravest _ of the Host’(line 29). Farr also notes
that the frequent use of ‘be’ instead of ‘is’ or ‘are’ gives
the poem a biblical note, and that the omission of the name
of her subject may be a goodhumoured game
played with her imaginary reader.]
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There is a flower that Bees prefer by Emily Dickinson
There is a flower that Bees prefer --
And Butterflies -- desire --
To gain the Purple Democrat
The Humming Bird -- aspire --
And Whatsoever Insect pass --
A Honey bear away
Proportioned to his several dearth
And her -- capacity --
Her face be rounder than the Moon
And ruddier than the Gown
Or Orchis in the Pasture --
Or Rhododendron -- worn --
She doth not wait for June --
Before the World be Green --
Her sturdy little Countenance
Against the Wind -- be seen --
Contending with the Grass --
Near Kinsman to Herself --
For Privilege of Sod and Sun --
Sweet Litigants for Life --
And when the Hills be full --
And newer fashions blow --
Doth not retract a single spice
For pang of jealousy --
Her Public -- be the Noon --
Her Providence -- the Sun --
Her Progress -- by the Bee -- proclaimed --
In sovereign -- Swerveless Tune --
The Bravest -- of the Host --
Surrendering -- the last --
Nor even of Defeat -- aware --
What cancelled by the Frost --
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