PLEASINGPOETRY AND PICTURES.The Little Busy Bee.
PLEASINGPOETRY AND PICTURES.
An Example of Industry, for Young Children.
How doth the little busy BeeImprove each shining hour,And gather honey all the dayFrom every opening flower?How skilfully she builds her cell,—How neat she spreads her wax,And labors hard to store it wellWith the sweet food she makes.In works of labor, or of skill,I must be busy too,For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do.In books, or work, or healthful play,Let my first years be past,That I may give for every daySome good account at last.
How doth the little busy BeeImprove each shining hour,And gather honey all the dayFrom every opening flower?How skilfully she builds her cell,—How neat she spreads her wax,And labors hard to store it wellWith the sweet food she makes.In works of labor, or of skill,I must be busy too,For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do.In books, or work, or healthful play,Let my first years be past,That I may give for every daySome good account at last.
How doth the little busy BeeImprove each shining hour,And gather honey all the dayFrom every opening flower?
How doth the little busy Bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower?
How skilfully she builds her cell,—How neat she spreads her wax,And labors hard to store it wellWith the sweet food she makes.
How skilfully she builds her cell,—
How neat she spreads her wax,
And labors hard to store it well
With the sweet food she makes.
In works of labor, or of skill,I must be busy too,For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do.
In works of labor, or of skill,
I must be busy too,
For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
In books, or work, or healthful play,Let my first years be past,That I may give for every daySome good account at last.
In books, or work, or healthful play,
Let my first years be past,
That I may give for every day
Some good account at last.