Thy task defer not till the morn arise,

Or the third sun th’ unfinish’d work surprise.

[81]The idler never shall his garners fill,

Nor he that still defers and lingers still.

Lo! diligence can prosper every toil;

The loiterer strives with loss and execrates the soil.

When rests the keen strength of th’ o’erpowering sun

From heat that made the pores in rivers run;

When rushes in fresh rains autumnal Jove,

And man’s unburthen’d limbs now lightlier move;