The works of Alexander Pennecuik of New-Hall, M.D.; containing the description of Tweeddale, and miscellaneous poems. A new edition, with copious notes, forming a complete history of the county to the present time. To which are prefixed, memoirs of Dr Pennecuik, and a map of the shire of Peebles, or Tweeddale |
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INSCRIPTION FOR MY BEE-HOUSE. |
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INSCRIPTION FOR MY BEE-HOUSE.
O blush, ye lazy mortals, when ye seeThe care and conduct of th'industrious bee;
In summers heat it treasures up great store
To feast with plenty till cold winter's o'er.
Laden with honey, suck'd from July's flowers,
Hoards up provision in its waxen bowers,
And there in frugal government doth dwell,
For idle drones dare not approach the cell.
When the returning spring invites to fields,
To crop the sweets that mother Nature yields,
The careful insect through the fields does scour,
To scrape together for a needy hour.
Then toil, O man! in youth, age will come on,
Decrepid age will ask what youth has done.
Or if old age thou never live to see,
Provide for death and long eternity.
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