THE SLUGGARD.
’Tisthe voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain,‘You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again.’As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed,Turns his sides and his shoulders, and his heavy head.“A little more sleep, and a little more slumber;”Thus he wastes half his days, and his hours without number;And when he gets up, he sits folding his hands,Or walks about sauntering, or trifling he stands.I passed by his garden, and saw the wild brier,The thorn and the thistle grow broader and higher:The clothes that hang on him are turning to rags,And his money still wastes, till he starves or he begs.I made him a visit, still hoping to findHe had took better care for improving his mind;He told me his dreams, talk’d of eating and drinking;But he scarce reads his Bible, and never loves thinking.Said I then to my heart, “Here’s a lesson for me,”This man’s but a picture of what I might be;But thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding,Who taught me betimes tolove working and reading.
’Tisthe voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain,‘You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again.’As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed,Turns his sides and his shoulders, and his heavy head.“A little more sleep, and a little more slumber;”Thus he wastes half his days, and his hours without number;And when he gets up, he sits folding his hands,Or walks about sauntering, or trifling he stands.I passed by his garden, and saw the wild brier,The thorn and the thistle grow broader and higher:The clothes that hang on him are turning to rags,And his money still wastes, till he starves or he begs.I made him a visit, still hoping to findHe had took better care for improving his mind;He told me his dreams, talk’d of eating and drinking;But he scarce reads his Bible, and never loves thinking.Said I then to my heart, “Here’s a lesson for me,”This man’s but a picture of what I might be;But thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding,Who taught me betimes tolove working and reading.
’Tisthe voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain,‘You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again.’As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed,Turns his sides and his shoulders, and his heavy head.
’Tisthe voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain,
‘You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again.’
As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed,
Turns his sides and his shoulders, and his heavy head.
“A little more sleep, and a little more slumber;”Thus he wastes half his days, and his hours without number;And when he gets up, he sits folding his hands,Or walks about sauntering, or trifling he stands.
“A little more sleep, and a little more slumber;”
Thus he wastes half his days, and his hours without number;
And when he gets up, he sits folding his hands,
Or walks about sauntering, or trifling he stands.
I passed by his garden, and saw the wild brier,The thorn and the thistle grow broader and higher:The clothes that hang on him are turning to rags,And his money still wastes, till he starves or he begs.
I passed by his garden, and saw the wild brier,
The thorn and the thistle grow broader and higher:
The clothes that hang on him are turning to rags,
And his money still wastes, till he starves or he begs.
I made him a visit, still hoping to findHe had took better care for improving his mind;He told me his dreams, talk’d of eating and drinking;But he scarce reads his Bible, and never loves thinking.
I made him a visit, still hoping to find
He had took better care for improving his mind;
He told me his dreams, talk’d of eating and drinking;
But he scarce reads his Bible, and never loves thinking.
Said I then to my heart, “Here’s a lesson for me,”This man’s but a picture of what I might be;But thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding,Who taught me betimes tolove working and reading.
Said I then to my heart, “Here’s a lesson for me,”
This man’s but a picture of what I might be;
But thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding,
Who taught me betimes tolove working and reading.
Watts.