Poetry Analysis: The Honey-bees

the honey-bees, Creatures that by a rule in Nature, teach The art of order to a peopled kingdom They have a king, and officers of sorts; Where some, like magistrates, correct at hom Others like merchants, venture trade abroad Others, like soldiers armed in their stings, Make a boot upon the summer's velvet buds Which pillage they with merry mirth bring ho To the tent-royal of their emperor; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold; The civil citizens kneading-up the honey;