Four `are' little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:
And yet, ask, I pray thee, `One of' the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.
For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.
The ants `are' a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,
Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;