Read full poem →Kings bowed themselves and shed
Pale wine, and honey with the honeycomb,
And spikenard bruised for a burnt-offering;
Dictionary Entry
A structure of hexagonal cells made by bees primarily of wax, to hold their larvae and for storing the honey to feed the larvae and to feed themselves during winter.
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Poetry examples for “honeycomb”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →With Christ." "They sweet, but He most sweet,
Sweeter than honeycomb."
Read full poem →Not far off in the oak and hazel brush,
Unseen. There was a scent like honeycomb
From mugwort dull. And down upon the dome
Read full poem →He was as full of love and paramour,
As is the honeycomb of honey sweet;
Well was the wenche that with him might meet.
Read full poem →The ore that grows in the mountain's womb,
Or the sand in the pits like a honeycomb,
They sift and soften it, bake it and burn it--