 | Lindley Murray - 1836 - 290 頁
...By day to read these wanders o'er, And meditate by night. WATTS. SECTION IV. On industry. How does the little busy bee Improve each shining hour; And gather honey all the day, From ev'ry op'ning flow'r ! How skilfully she builds her cell ! How neatly spreads the wax ! And labours... | |
 | Thomas Bilby - 1836 - 154 頁
...... — .... ~i—e* — m I P 9 9 m £•"* • /. # • • • — ' )• JJ II m ! * »-. s 1 II. How skilfully she builds her cell ! How neat she spreads the wax ! And labours hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. III. In works of labour, or of skill,... | |
 | 1837 - 226 頁
...over them. The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly. How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From ev'ry op ning flower. How skilfully she builds her cell ! How neat she spreads the wax ! And labours... | |
 | 1838 - 286 頁
...honey, as fast as they can. Here are some verses, which I think you will like to learn. XXXI. INDUSTRY. How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From ev'ry op'ning flower I How skilfully she builds her cell, How neat she spreads her wax ; II And labours... | |
 | Catharine Maria Sedgwick - 1839 - 188 頁
...affection and Christian love, — the bonds of unity and peace. I CHAPTER X. A PEEP INTO THE HIVE. How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining...gather honey all the day From every opening flower. watt. MANY persons who act from generous impulses, are soon checked and disheartened in a course of... | |
 | John Scott (of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.) - 1839 - 84 頁
...thy name in vain, and learn to curse, and learn to swear. Compare with SONG XX, pages 22 and 23» 1, How doth the little busy bee improve each shining hour, and gather honey all the day from every op'ning flow'r. 2, How skilfully she builds her cell! how neat she spreads the wax! and labours hard... | |
 | Henry Butter - 1839 - 190 頁
...and wake with Thee. INDUSTRY. How well the little busy bee Improves each shining hour ; And gathers honey all the day From every opening flower! How skilfully she builds her cell! How neatly spreads her wax ! And labors hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. In works of... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1839 - 204 頁
...would not work, neither slmild he eat. — 2 Thessalonians, iii. 8, 9, 10. How doth the little busy beo Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower ! In works of labour and of skill, I would be busy too ; For Satan finds some mischief still For idle... | |
 | 1840 - 188 頁
...did not know that; I thought it was bold ? I mil not fight with any one again. Against Idleness. . i. How doth the little busy bee, Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From fcvcry opening flower! «. Hotv skilfully she builds her cell! How neat she spreads the wax! And labours... | |
 | 1840 - 122 頁
...industrious creatures, making the most of a sunshiny day ! They remind me of your pretty hymn : — " How doth the little busy bee Improve each, shining hour, And gather honey all the day From ev'ry opening flower. How skilfully she builds her cell, How neat she spreads her wax, And labours... | |
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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. 
