And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Exodus 3:8.

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

-Bible (Old Testament)
Psalms119:103.

And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 3:4.

Itook thelittlebookout of theangel'shand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Revelation10:9^10.

Stands the Church clock at ten to three? And is there honey still for tea? 156

-Brooke, Rupert Chawner
  'The Old Vicarage, Grantchester'.

The Pedigree of Honey Does not concern the Beeö A Clover, any time, to him, Is Aristocracyö

-Dickinson, Emily Elizabeth
c.1884  Complete Poems, no.1627 (first published1890).

Come BackToThe Raft Again, Huck Honey!

-Fiedler, Leslie A(aron)
   Title of essay on the repressed homoerotic undercurrent in US writing.

Reachmea rose, honey, and pour mea last drop intothat there crystal glass.

-Fitzgerald, F(rancis) Scott Key
  The Great Gatsby, ch.4.

Nothing but Money, Is sweeter than Honey.

-Franklin, Benjamin
  Poor Richard's  Almanack,  Jun.

Bees are sometimes drowned in the honey which they collectöso some writers are lost in their collected learning.

-Hawthorne, Nathaniel
  The American Notebooks (published1868), ch.5.

She found me roots of relish sweet, And honey wild, and manna dew; And sure in language strange she said, 'I love thee true.'

-Keats,John
  'La Belle Dame Sans Merci', stanza 7.

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat. They took some honey, and plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five-pound note. The Owl looked up to the Stars above And sang to a small guitar, 'Oh lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are'.

-Lear, Edward
Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and  Alphabets,'The Owl and the Pussy-Cat'.

   I eat my peas with honey; I've done it all my life. They do taste kinda funny, but it keeps 'em on the knife.

-Nash, (Frederic) Ogden
Attributed.

  Poetry isthe honey of all flowers, the quintessence of all

-Nashe,Thomas

Jerusalem the golden, With milk and honey blessed, Beneath thy contemplation Sink heart and voice oppressed. I know not,O I know not What joys await us there, What radiancy of glory, What light beyond compare.

-Neale,J(ames) M(ason)
  'Jerusalem the Golden', translated from the original Latin of St Bernard of Cluny.

Vinegar he poured on meall his life; Iam well marinated; how can I be honey now?

-Olsen,Tillie
  Tell Me a Riddle, section1.

BBC Radio is a never-never land of broadcasting, a safe haven from commercial considerations, a honey pot for every scholar and every hare-brained nut to stick a finger into.

-Safer, Morley
  In 60 Minutes, CBS TV broadcast,15 Sep.

A scoop of pure honey set in a green bowl.

-Smith, Godfrey
  Of Bath.The English Companion.

   In youth, before I waxe'  d old, The blind boy,Venus' baby, For want of cunning made me bold, In bitter hive to grope for honey.

-Spenser, Edmund
  Amoretti,'Anacreontics', no.1.

Instead of dirt and poison we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honeyand wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.

-Swift,Jonathan
  The Battle of the Books.