How Thou Oughtest to Prepare Thyself,
when Thou Risest in the Morning
When moderate sleep thy head hath possessed,
And given thy body his natural rest,
Shake sluggishness off, bethink thee of things,
That for thy soul’s health sweet melody brings.
Seven hours for a child is temperate and good,
If more, it offendeth and hurteth the blood.
With heart then unfained, to God first of all
Frame well thy petition, and thus to him call.
[Morning Prayer much as in Seager, p. 142.]