How doth the little busy Bee br Improve each shining Hour, br And gather Honey all the day br From every opening Flower! br br How skilfully she builds her Cell! br How neat she spreads the Wax! br And labours hard to store it well br With the sweet Food she makes. br br In Works of Labour or of Skill br I would be busy too: br For Satan finds some Mischief still br For idle Hands to do. br br In Books, or Work, or healthful Play br Let my first Years be past, br That I may give for every Day br Some good Account at last.