A list he gets

Of claims and debts,

And deems nought done, while aught remains to do.

Yamen beheld, and wither'd at the sight;

Long had he aim'd the sunbeam to control,

For light was hateful to his soul:

'Go on!' cried the hellish one, yellow with spite;

'Go on!' cried the hellish one, yellow with spleen,

'Thy toils of the morning, like Ithaca's queen,

I'll toil to undo every night.'