A Song of Solomon

King Solomon was the wisest man
Of all that have been kings.
He built an House unto the Lord:
And he sang of creeping things.

Of creeping things, of things that fly,
Or swim within the seas;
Of the little weed along the wall;
And of the Cedar-trees.

And happier he, without mistake,
Than all men since alive.
God’s House he built; and he did make
A thousand songs and five.