INSTINCTS OF MATERNITY. 



THE POPPY BEE 



Royal cradles, lined with down, 

 By plume surmounted or by crown ! 

 There's a chamber in the earth, 



"With a cradle in that dwelling, 

 Furnished for a humble birth, 



Yet all your workmanship excelling; 

 Far as the lily's robe of gold* 

 Outshone King Solomon's of old. 



* The orange or golden lily of the East the same as that of Guernsey, the 

 loots of which are said to have been first planted by shipwreck on the shores of 

 that island. 



