Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.

Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.

Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled
Enemy.

Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled
Enemy.

Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the
turne.

Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the
turne.

Each man has his fancy.

Each man has his fancy.

So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
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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.