I am the dazzling source whence colors flow;
The sluggard’s teacher; and your equal now;
Without me sails were useless; then a word
Expressing like; and now meek woman’s lord;
To measure next; anon to add; to vex;
The gentle office of the weaker sex;
I’m flesh, not fish—I’m silent ever;
Sought by all ranks, on earth found never;
Your near relation, and the squirrel’s food;
What you would keep when in a lazy mood;