"But Love, that moves the earth, and skies, and sea, Beheld his old love in her misery, And wrapped her heart in sudden gentle sleep; And meanwhile caused unnumbered _ants_ to creep About her, and they wrought so busily That all, ere sundown, was as it should be, And homeward went again the _kingless folk_." --_The Earthly Paradise._ "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest."--Prov. vi. 6-8.…
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