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THE SLUGGARD

'Tis the voice of a sluggard; I heard him complain—

"You have waked me too soon; I must slumber again;"

As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed,

Turns his sides, and his shoulders, and his heavy head.

"A little more sleep, and a little more slumber"—

Thus he wastes half his days, and his hours without number;

And when he gets up, he sits folding his hands,

Or walks about saunt'ring, or trifling he stands.