King Bees

Famous quotes containing the words king and/or bees:

    “The firelight of a long, blind, dreaming story
    Lingers upon your lips; and I have seen
    Firm, fixed forever in your closing eyes,
    The Corn King beckoning to his Spring Queen.”
    —Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)

    “Asking to die:
    “To die, dear God, before a scum of doubt
    Smear the whole universe, and smudge it out.”
    Meanwhile the bees fumbled among the flowers.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)