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QUERY1850

Song of the Bees.

By Buriensis.

Who was the author of the lines under this title beginning, "We watch for the light of the moon to break and colour the grey eastern sky With its blended hues of saffron and lake," &c. I have always understood them to be Dr. Aikin's, but latterly that has been contradicted.

Topics: Historical Trials, Victorian Crime

Locations: Abingdon Buildings, Westminster