Idling their life away.
FIRST.
And what didst thou on the judgment-seat,
Sweetheart, what didst thou there?
Would the idlers heed thy childish voice?
Did the garden mend for thy care?
SECOND.
Nay, that grieved me more; I called and I cried,
But they left me there forlorn;
My voice was weak, and they heeded not,