The simple splendor of the setting sun

Would far surpass their most superb display.


THE SLEEP OF THE SLUGGARD.

O list to an indolent lump of live lumber,

Whom slothfulness binds with invisible bands,

A little more sleep, and a little more slumber,

A little more folding together the hands.

“I’ve a villainous cold—and my head, how it aches!