82e2a The little busy bee

8th std
2nd language english
2nd poem
The little busy bee

How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour;
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower!

How skillfully she builds her cell!
How neatly she spreads her wax,
And labours hard to store it well
With the sweet food she makes!

In work of labour or of skill
I would 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 passed,
That I may give for every day,
Some good account at last.

- Issac Watts