Their OEconomy, &c. 3 
** chearfully, and with the greateft Unani- , 
« mity, facrifice their deareft Lives and— 
« Eftates. Thus is their Ruler loved, re- 
* verenced, maintained, and protected by 
‘all his Subjects. Thus much of their 
** Polity and Government.” 
Nor do the female Troops of Thrace obey 
With bumbler Care, their Queen's defpotick Sway ; 
Than the fubmiffive Bees the. Royal Mind 
Moft abfolute, yet always juft and kind, 
Diftinftive Honours in the Regent fhine, 
To foew the Virtues of the feepter’d Line; 
Superior Goodnefs finds a juft Reward, 
And publick Love is a perpetual Guard. 
But if by Death to the Ehfian Shade, 
The much lamented Royal Ghoft ’s conveyed ; 
In flately Pomp the honoured Body lies, | 
And all the City’s fll’d with mournful Cries. *, 
Dinfdale’s Poem on Bees, 


