 | 1853 - 892 pàgines
...As busy as a bee." Most of us have had this saying quoted to us., and learnt the hymn beginning— " How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From ev'ry opening flower I" But why say " as busy as a bee ?" We have seen how hard caterpillars work,... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1843 - 158 pàgines
...sincere. Skil ful ly (skiI' f&l MJ), ad. with skill. READING LESSON XXIV. The Busy Bee. 1. How does the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And...skilfully she builds her cell, How neat she spreads her wax, And labors hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. 3. In works of labor or of... | |
 | John Ely - 1843 - 156 pàgines
...and went to school and learned his lesson very well, and the master said he was a very good boy. 6. How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining...gather honey all the day, From every opening flower ! With how much art she builds her cell ! How neat she spreads the wax ! And labours hard to store... | |
 | Bristol Sunday-school union - 1844 - 236 pàgines
...whom I love. 6 If my companions grow profane, 20 CM BUSY BEE. Against Idleness and Mischief. 1 UOW doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every op'ning flower ! 2 How skilfully she builds her cell, How neat she spreads the wax ; And labours hard... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Israel Alger (Jun.) - 1846 - 180 pàgines
...delight, By day to read these wonders o'er, And meditate by night SECTION IV. On Industry. \. How doe? the little busy* bee Improve each shi'ning hour ; And gather honey all the day, From every op'ning flower 2. How skilfully she builds her cell ! How neat she spreads the wax I And labours hard... | |
 | 1847 - 72 pàgines
...sometimes hear him singing over those lines of Watts, which he had probably learnt in his youth — « How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining...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... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1847 - 76 pàgines
...hear Young sinners take thy name in vain, And learn to curse, and learn to swear. 'i. SONG xx. AGAINST IDLENESS AND MISCHIEF. How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, How skilfully she builds her cell! How neat she spreads the wax! And labours hard to store it well... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1848 - 116 pàgines
...when I hear Young sinners take thy Name in vain, And learn to curse, and learn to swear. XX. AGAINST IDLENESS AND MISCHIEF. How doth the little busy bee...gather honey all the day From every opening flower! How skilfully she builds her cell! How neat she spreads the wax ! And labours hard to store it well... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1848 - 468 pàgines
...right and wrong, by those who have been selected to enjoy it. June, 1848. THE OAK OPENINGS. CHAPTER I. How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining...gather honey all the day, From every opening flower. Watt*" Hymn* for CkOJrm. WE have heard of those who fancied that they beheld a signal instance of the... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1848 - 146 pàgines
...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...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. I was going to... | |
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How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower! 
