 As do the bee and bird; Nor does it, like the prudent ant, Lay up the grain for times of want, A wise and cautious hoard. My youth is but a summer's day: Then like the bee and ant I'll lay A store of learning by; And though from flower to flower I rove,...  Original Poems, for Infant Minds - Pàgina 42per Jane Taylor, Ann Taylor - 1821 - 180 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1828 - 188 pàgines
...never die, But bloom throughout the year : The blossoms of sweet piety No blight but sin need fear. THE BUTTERFLY. THE butterfly, an Idle thing, Nor honey makes, nor yet can sing Like to the bee and birdj Nor does it, like the prudent ant. Lay <ip for times of future want, A wise and caution* hoard.... | |
 | 1840 - 118 pàgines
...very near must be, Although invisible to me ; Whate'er I do, it sees me still, Oh ! then, Good Spirit, guide my will ! The Butterfly. The butterfly, an idle...and bird ; Nor does it, like the prudent ant, Lay up for times of future want, A wise and cautious hoard. My youth is but a summer's day ; Then like the... | |
 | Jane Taylor - 1835 - 488 pàgines
...invisible to me ; Whate'er I do, they see me still, But O, good Spirits, guide my will ! ADELAIDE. THE BUTTERFLY. THE Butterfly, an idle thing, Nor honey...does it, like the prudent ant, Lay up the grain for time of want, A wise and cautious hoard. My youth is but a summer's day, Then, like the bee and ant,... | |
 | 1843 - 396 pàgines
...is the butterfly at all, Jane ? it does nothing but fly about, as one of my little hymns says, — " The Butterfly, an idle thing, Nor honey makes nor yet can sing; As do title bee and bird ; Nor does it, like the prudent ant, Lay up a store for times of want, To... | |
 | 1847 - 338 pàgines
...with success ; and in a few hours the whole party were landed in safety on the coast of Mozambique. The Butterfly. THE butterfly, an idle thing, Nor honey makes, nor yet can sing, Like to the bee or bird ; Nor does it, like the prudent ant, Lay up the grain for time of want, A wise and cautious... | |
 | 1849 - 396 pàgines
...You must never forget what you have learned to-day. 174 THE BUTTERFLY.— A BOY B\ THE NAME OF JACK. The Butterfly. THE Butterfly, an idle thing, Nor honey...does it, like the prudent ant, Lay up the grain for time of want, — A well and cautious hoard. My youth is but a summer's day ; Then, like the bee and... | |
 | Mary O. Ward - 1852 - 298 pàgines
...The butterfly, an idle thing, Nor honey makes, nor yet can sing, Like busy bee, and bird ; Nor docs it, like the prudent ant, Lay up the grain for times...of want — A wise and cautious hoard. My youth is but a summer's day ; Then like the bee and ant, I '11 lay A store of learning by ; And while from flower... | |
 | Mary O. Ward - 1852 - 296 pàgines
...e'en little flies their food ; And he loves every little child, Who is kind-hearted, good, and mild. THE BUTTERFLY. The butterfly, an idle thing, Nor honey makes, nor yet can sing, Like busy bee, and bird ; Nor does it, like the prudent ant, Lay up the grain for times of want — A wise... | |
 | Ann Taylor, Jane Taylor - 1854 - 172 pàgines
...in dress and face, Bemoans with sobs, both loud and deep, His well-deserved disgrace. THE BUTTEKFLY. THE Butterfly, an idle thing, Nor honey makes, nor yet can sing; As do the bee and bird; Nor does it, like the prudent ant, •, Lay up the grain for times of want,... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - 1856 - 214 pàgines
...um pal la di um gym na si um com pend i um mil len ni um de lir i um mem o ran' dum in ter reg num THE BUTTERFLY. The Butterfly, an idle thing, Nor honey...times of want, A wise and cautious hoard. My youth is but a summer's day, Then like the bee and ant, I'll lay A store of learning by ; And thouglTfrom flower... | |
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