Long ago Apollo called to Aristaeus, youngest of the shepherds, Saying, "I will make you keeper of my bees." Golden were the hives, and golden was the honey; golden, too, the music, Where the honey-makers hummed among the trees.
"The White Bees" from Henry Van Dyke. American author, educator, and clergyman (1852-1933).
Henry Jackson van Dyke was an American author, educator, and clergyman. Among his popular writings are the two Christmas stories, "The Other Wise Man" (1896) and "The First Christmas Tree" (1897). Various religious themes of his work are also expressed in his poetry, hymns and...
The White Blot is a novel written by Henry Van Dyke. The story revolves around the life of a young man named John Ward. John is a successful artist who has everything a person could wish for, but he is haunted by a white blot that appears in all his paintings. This blot is a...