"Ah, foolish, faithless me!" the observer smiled,

"Who toil and moil to eke out life, when, lo,

Providence cares for every hungry mouth!"

To profit by which lesson, home went he,

And certain days sat musing,—neither meat

Nor drink would purchase by his handiwork.

Then—for his head swam and his limbs grew faint—

Sleep overtook the unwise one, whom in dream

God thus admonished: "Hast thou marked my deed?

Which part assigned by providence dost judge