...cells dispense. Some at the gate stand ready to receive The golden burden, and their friends relieve. All with united force combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive; With envy stung, they view each other's deeds; The fragrant work with diligence proceeds. "Thrice happy you,...

...the Champion, 15 March 1740, on 'overdoing'. 3 See Dryden's translation of the Georgia, iv. 241-2: 'All, with united Force, combine to drive / The lazy Drones from the laborious Hive' (Works offirgil, 1697, p. 129: a couplet that Dryden, following his master, economically made use of...

...^ Sweet honey some condense; some purge the grout; The rest in cells apart the liquid nectar shut: 240 All, with united force, combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive: With envy stung, they view each other's deeds; With diligence the fragrant work proceeds. As when the cyclops,...

...cells dispense; Some at the gate stand ready to receive The golden burthen, and their friends relieve; All with united force, combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive. (Aeneid I. 418, trans. John Dryden, 1697) Meditations on the beehive provide an Archimedean point from...

...20 Sweet honey some condense; some purge the grout; The rest in cells apart the liquid nectar shut. All with united force combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive. With envy stung, they view each other's deeds; 25 With diligence the fragrant work proceeds. As when the cyclops,...

...cells dispense. Some at the gate stand ready to receive The golden burthen, and their friends relieve. All, with united force, combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive ; With envy stung, they view each other's deeds ; The fragrant work with diligence proceeds. ' Thrice happy you,...