THESAURO-PHULAKION[Greek]: or, A treasury of divine raptures Consisting of Serious Observations, Pious Ejaculations, Select Epigrams. Alphabetically rank'd and fil'd by a Private Chaplain to the Illustrious and Renowned Lady Urania The Divine and Heavenly Muse. The first part [by Nicholas Billingsley] |
THESAURO-PHULAKION[Greek]: or, A treasury of divine raptures | ||
63. On Ants.
Seest thou these little Patterns of great pain,
Lugg in their mouths their mighty loads of grain
And fill their hollow-vaulted Cells, that so
(While others pine) they may with plenty flow.
Lugg in their mouths their mighty loads of grain
And fill their hollow-vaulted Cells, that so
(While others pine) they may with plenty flow.
Who in the winter would not suffer want,
Must labor in the summer with the Ant.
Must labor in the summer with the Ant.
THESAURO-PHULAKION[Greek]: or, A treasury of divine raptures | ||