The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee. ✨…

Emily Dickinson
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The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee. ✨ Emily Dickinson, Thomas Herbert Johnson, Theodora Ward (1986). The Letters of Emily Dickinson, p.907, Harvard University Press
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The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee. ✨ Emily Dickinson, Thomas Herbert Johnson, Theodora Ward (1986). The Letters of Emily Dickinson, p.907, Harvard University Press

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