 And labours hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. In works of labour or of skill I would be busy too: For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or work, or healthful play Let my first years be past, That I may...  Easy Rhymes and Simple Poems for Young Children - Seite 17von Easy rhymes - 1864 - 160 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...natural Affection.'11 Warnings against the dangers of idle habits were sometimes delivered in verse: In Works of Labour or of Skill I would be busy too: For Satan finds some Mischief still For idle Hands to do.12 Idleness was regarded by one observer (and this was a common sentiment ) as 'the fruitful... | |
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...cell ! How neat she spreads the wax ! And labours hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. In works of labour, or of skill, I would be busy too;...may give for every day Some good account at last." In Song 22, "Against Pride in Clothes," verse 4 reads: "The tulip and the butterfly Appear in gayer... | |
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