| Isaac Watts - 1807 - 410 էջ
...take thy name in vain, And Irani to curse, and learn to swear. AGAINST IDLENESS AND MISCHIEF. 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 the wax ! And labours hard... | |
| Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1809 - 202 էջ
...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 honey all the day from every opening flower." They had a most beautiful flower-bed to gather it from, quite close under the hives.... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 էջ
...in vain, And learn to curse, and learn to swear. SONG XX. AGAINST IDLENESS AND MISCHIEF. [low 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 neal she spreads the wax ! And labours hard... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1813 - 574 էջ
...in vain, And learn to curse, and learn to swear. SONG XX. Against Idleness and Mwchicf. 1 HOW doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day Fi-om ev'ryop'niiig flower! i How skilfully she builds her cell ! How neat she spreads the wax ! And... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1814 - 234 էջ
...die away : . Then pursue good sense and duty, Evergrcens, which ne'er decay! SECTION VI. ON INDUSTRY. How does the little busy bee Improve each shining hour; And gather honey all the dayi From ev'ry op'ning flow'r! COTTOS. . "*, *-• •• -• '" * " How skilfully she builds her... | |
| Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1814 - 194 էջ
...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 honey all th« day from every opening flower." They had a most beautiful flotarer-bed to gather it from, quite... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1816 - 236 էջ
...earth beside To save my soul from hell: 7. Then let me love my Bible more, And take a fresh delight, By day to read these wonders o'er, And meditate by night....IV. On Industry. 1. How does the little busy bee. And gather honey all the day, Improve each shining hour; From every op'ning flow'r ! 2. How skilfully... | |
| John Ely - 1817 - 124 էջ
...wen'to school and learned his lessen very well, and the master said he was a very good boy. 6. How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day, From every opening flower ! With how much art she builds her ceS How neat she spreads the wax ! And labours hard... | |
| 1820 - 310 էջ
...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 hour ; And gather honey all the day From every opening flower ! How skilfully she builds her cell ! How neat she spreads her wax ! And labours hard... | |
| William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 186 էջ
...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 hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower ! How skilfully she builds her cell ! How neat she spreads her wax ! And labours hard... | |
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