To Work would be a Holiday.
Over the Gate of Redgrave Hall, on a Visit made by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Nicholas Bacon, then Lord Keeper.
When great Eliza saw at Redgrave-Hall,
The Apartments few, and those indeed but small,
Thus to its Lord, bespoke the gracious Queen;
Methinks for you, this Mansion is too mean.
For me, my Liege, quoth he, of old ’twas meet,
But you have made me for my House—too great.
Written by Sir Thomas Moor.
At last I’ve found a Haven where,