For Sara............
Emily looked towards nature all her life. Hence, the beauty of seasonal change baffled her. The active disagreement by the bees to the false flowers of the fall added to her belief. She tries to draw parallels between the religion of her era. She did not believe extensively in the age of puritanism and Christianity. Hence, she signifies the religion and her perceived notion of it being false through the imagery of bees and false flowers. She reflects the religious beliefs of followers to the bees who are attracted to the nectar of the flowers.
These are the days when Birds come back—
A very few—a Bird or two—
To take a backward look.
These are the days when skies resume
The old—old sophistries of June—
A blue and gold mistake.
Oh fraud that cannot cheat the Bee—
Almost thy plausibility
Induces my belief.
Till ranks of seeds their witness bear—
And softly thro' the altered air
Hurries a timid leaf.
Oh Sacrament of summer days,
Oh Last Communion in the Haze—
Permit a child to join.
Thy sacred emblems to partake—
They consecrated bread to take
And thine immortal wine!
