Emily Dickinson Quote

Bees are black, with gilt surcingles—
Buccaneers of buzz.

A surcingle is a belt or girth

poem no. 1404, c. 1877


Bees are black, with gilt surcingles— Buccaneers of buzz.

Bees are black, with gilt surcingles— Buccaneers of buzz.

Bees are black, with gilt surcingles— Buccaneers of buzz.

Bees are black, with gilt surcingles— Buccaneers of buzz.