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to think the honey-bee
 * A harmless little fellow,

An animated symphony
 * Done up in brown and yellow,

But since I read my Maeterlinck I really don't know what to think!

Such marvellous sagacity
 * And delicate acumen,

Such zeal and pertinacity
 * Are really more than human;

Such order, industry and law Inspire me with the deepest awe.

Republican in principle
 * Is laid their constitution,

And every little waxen cell
 * Accords with evolution;

Their national life is most complex— Nor merely to be thought reflex!