See Pope's _Messiah_ throughout; Prior's 'Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue,' &c.

&c.

'Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels,' &c.

&c, 1st Corinthians, ch.

xiii.
By way of immediate example take the following of Dr.Johnson: Turn on the prudent Ant thy heedless eyes, Observe her labours, Sluggard, and be wise; No stern command, no monitory voice, Prescribes her duties, or directs her choice; Yet, timely provident, she hastes away To snatch the blessings of a plenteous day; When fruitful Summer loads the teeming plain, She crops the harvest, and she stores the grain.
How long shall sloth usurp thy useless hours, Unnerve thy vigour, and enchain thy powers?
While artful shades thy downy couch enclose, And soft solicitation courts repose, Amidst the drowsy charms of dull delight, Year chases year with unremitted flight, Till Want now following, fraudulent and slow, Shall spring to seize thee, like an ambush'd foe.
From this hubbub of words pass to the original '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.