 THESE Emmets, how little they are in our eyes! We tread them to dust, and a troop of them dies, Without our regard or concern : Yet, as wise as we are, if we went to their school, There's many a sluggard and many a fool Some lessons of wisdom might learn.  Solomon's Little People: A Story about the Ants - Page 19by James Crowther - 1882 - 189 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Isaac Watts - 1971 - 352 pages
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 | David Guy Fountain - Biography & Autobiography - 1978 - 124 pages
...not a shame for thee To be outdone by pismires?..." with the following lines from Watts' "The Ant or Emmet": "These Emmets, how little they are in our...school, There's many a sluggard, and many a fool, Some lessons of wisdom might learn," It is highly probable that Watts, as he was constantly doing in... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1996 - 876 pages
...them to dust, and a troop of them die?, Without our regard or concern : Yet as wise as \ve are, if \ve went to their school, There's many a sluggard, and many a fool, Some lessons of wisdom might learn. They don't wear their time out in sleeping or play, But gather... | |
 | Cambridge International Examinations - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2005 - 272 pages
...species notch] keep score of the Muse] poetry pain] careful labour 40 The Anf or Emmet ISAAC WATTS These emmets, how little they are in our eyes! We...school. There's many a sluggard, and many a fool, Some lessons of wisdom might learn. They don't wear their time out in sleeping or play, But gather... | |
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