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The nearest dream recedes, unrealized.
The heaven we chase / Like the June bee / Before the school-boy / Invites the race; / Stoops to an easy clover -- / Dips -- evades -- teases -- deploys; / Then to the royal clouds / Lifts his light pinnace / Heedless of the boy / Staring, bewildered, at the mocking sky.
Homesick for steadfast honey, / Ah! the bee flies not / That brews that rare variety.