THE SLUGGARD.

Observer, Volume XL, Issue 13, 29 November 1919, Page 28

THE SLUGGARD.

'Tis the voice of the sluggard: 1 heard him complain: "You have waked me too soon, 1 must slumber again." As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed, Turns his sides and bis 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 idly he stands. I passed by his garden, and saw the wild briar, 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 find, That he took hotter care for improving his mind. He told me his dreams, talked of eating and drinking, But he scarce reads his Bible, and and never loves thinking. Said I then to my heart: "Here's a lesson for me: That 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 to love working and reading." —By Dr. Isaac Watts.