And if his faith is absolute
That pain hurts not the "animal,"
He'll very soon become—a brute!
LINES BY A LAZY BODY.
[M. St. Hilaire, the French politician, who is ninety years of age, and still active, says:—"If you want to live to be old, be always at work, and diligently. Do not listen to those who aspire to save enough money to rest. They are lazy bodies.">[
'Tis the voice of the Lazy, I heard him complain,
"All this nonagenarian nonsense
Won't do! This mere love of longevity's vain,
Although natural, doubtless, in one sense.