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be outdone by fuch Creatures as, thefe? 
Would not that be both our Sin and Shame? 
In Morning fair thefe Lab'rers cut the Sky, 
Tbro’ all the Gardens and the Meadows fly ; 
And free from Envy, by their Labours firive, 
Which fhall contribute moft ¢ enrich the Hive. 
Such is the Employment of their happy Days; 
_ And fuch their Title to immortal Praife. 
sh Dimfdale’s Poem on Bees, 

Be CHT °V, 
Their Patience and Innocency. 
HEY are alfo naturally innocent, in- 
offenfive, and patient. In their fo- 
reign Labours, gathering Honey, or other 
Materials diftant from their Hives, they are 
not eafily provoked, but will bear perfonal 
Injuries and Affronts with wonderful Pa- 
tience. In their honeft and lawful Em- 
ployments you may difturb them, driving 
them from Place to Place, and from Flow- 
er.to Flower, without any Refentment; and 
efcaping by Flight, they follow. their Work 
¢lfewhere, in fome more peaceable Quar- 
ter. Byt he that affronts them in their 
Own 
