 | 1820 - 310 頁
...take thy name in vain, And learn to curse, and learn to swear SONG XX. Jlgainst idleness and mischief. How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining...skilfully she builds her cell ! How neat she spreads her wax ! And labours hard to stnre it well With the sweet food she makes. In works of labour, or of... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 186 頁
...building their little towns; placing them in hollow trees or the cavities of rocks. LESSON FROM »'IIK BEE. How doth the little busy bee, Improve each shining...skilfully she builds her cell ! How neat she spreads her wax ! And labours hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. In works of labour or of... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1824 - 36 頁
...grow to ripef age, Our hearts may all be love. DIVINE SOXGS. 19 SONG X. Against Idleness andMisciiief. How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining...gather, honey all the day, From every opening flower ! £0 DIVINE SONGS. And labours hard to store it well, With the sweet food she makes. t In works of... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1824 - 170 頁
...day to read these wonders o'er, And meditate by night. VATTS. SECTION IV, On Industry. 1. How does the little busy bee Improve each shining hour; And gather honey all the day, From every pp'ning flow'r! 2. How skilfully she builds her cell! How neat she spreads the wax I *•].'. And labours... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 頁
...ceaseless task of collecting his varied sweets to form honey. Still doth the little busy Bee Employ each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower. Charlotte Smith thus addresses the Bee : — Good morrow, gentle humble Bee, You are abroad betimes,... | |
 | 1825 - 366 頁
...their out-doors work. We should all do well to imitate the bee. HYMN. dgainst Idleness and Mischief. i. How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour; And gather hooey all the day From ev'ry op'ning flow'r '. n. Flow skilfully she builds her cell ! How neat she... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1825 - 196 頁
...prettily. Mamma said, " Have you nothing to say to these pretty bees, Louisa?" Then I said to them, " How doth the little busy bee improve each shining hour, And gather ho»ey all the day from every opening flower.'' They had a most beautiful flower-bed to gather it from... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 164 頁
...day to read these wonders o'er, 1 And meditate by night. WATTS. SECTION IV. On Industry. 1. How does the little busy bee Improve each shining hour; And...gather honey all the day, From every opening flower 1 2. How skilfully she builds her cell ! How neat she spreads the wax ! And labors hard to store it... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1827 - 274 頁
...years,' they became the first men in that part of the stated 20. How does the little busy bee', Employ each shining hour', And gather honey all the day', From every opening flowV? 21. In works of labour*, or of skill', I would be busy too*-; For idle heads find mischief still',... | |
 | 1828 - 188 頁
...doing our duty to God and to man, And we shall be happy indeed. AGAINST IDLENESS AND MISCHIEF. How dcth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day, From ev'ry op'ning flovv'r. How skilfully she builds her cell — How neat she spreads the wax, — And... | |
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In works of labour, or of skill, I would be busy too ; For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. 
