Sloth lay till mid-day, turning on his couch

Like ponderous door upon its weary hinge,

And having rolled him out with much ado,

And many a dismal sigh, and vain attempt,

He sauntered out, accoutred carelessly,—

With half-oped, misty, unobservant eye,

Somniferous, that weighed the object down

On which its burden hung,—an hour or two,

Then with a groan retired to rest again.

The one, whatever deed had been achieved,