Could I Do More for Thee

Could I Do More for Thee - meaning Summary

Small Gifts, Great Devotion

The speaker imagines being a bumblebee serving a queen to ask whether they could do more for their beloved. Using the insect-and-queen image, the poem presents humble, small offerings — a "bouquet" gathered for someone exalted — as the fullest possible service the speaker can give. It compresses desire, devotion, and a recognition of limitations into a brief question: devotion is sincere even when it consists only of modest gifts rather than grand acts.