The Little Busy Bee.
Reading edition
An Example of Industry, for Young Children.
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 labors hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. In works of labor, or of skill, I must be busy too, For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be past, That I may give for every day Some good account at last.
