How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.

We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.

We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.

Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!

Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!

Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.

Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.

The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.

Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.

The mill cannot grind with water that's past.

The mill cannot grind with water that's past.

He that gives me small gifts would have me live.

He that gives me small gifts would have me live.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; read more

A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.