A bee that was searching for sweets one day
    Through the gate of a rose garden happened to stray.
    In the heart of a rose he hid away,
    And forgot in his bliss the light of day,
    As sipping his honey he buzzed in song;
    Though day was waning, he lingered long,
    For the rose was sweet, so sweet.

    A robin sits pluming his ruddy breast,
    And a madrigal sings to his love in her nest:
    "Oh, the skies they are blue, the fields are green,
    And the birds in your nest will soon be seen!"
    She hangs on his words with a thrill of love,
    And chirps to him as he sits above
    For the song is sweet, so sweet.

    A maiden was out on a summer's day
    With the winds and the waves and the flowers at play;
    And she met with a youth of gentle air,
    With the light of the sunshine on his hair.
    Together they wandered the flowers among;
    They loved, and loving they lingered long,
    For to love is sweet, so sweet.

This poem is in the public domain.