Herein a Blossom lies－1
A Sepulchre, between－
Cross it, and overcome the Bee－
Remain－'tis but a Rind.
A Sepulchre, between－
Cross it, and overcome the Bee－
Remain－'tis but a Rind.
(F.1073/J.899)
[1] Blossom:: one who gives lovely promises. lies:: cheats.
[2] Sepulchre:: whited sepulchre, a hypocrite (OED sepulchre n. 1b).
[3] Bee:: a fantasy. Cross:: to oppose, prevent someone from doing their ideas.
when Master Holdforth spoke of hypocrites being like a whited sepulchre, which within was full of dead men's bones, methought he looked full at me. ─ The Waverley Novels, Volume 3 (1855)
(Matthew 23:27) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.