Their glossy burdens to the builder throng.

These, with sharp sickle, or with sharper tooth,

Pare each excrescence and each angle smooth,

Till now, in finish'd pride, two radiant rows

Of snow-white cells one mutual base disclose;

Six shining panels gird each polish'd round,

The door's fine rim, with waxen fillet bound,

While walls so thin, with sister walls combined,

Weak in themselves, a sure dependance find.