 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...which give so early an ill taint to the fancy and memory, and become the seeds of future vices. I. THE SLUGGARD. 'Tis the voice of the sluggard ; I heard him complain, [again." " You have wak'd me too soon, I must slumber As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 598 pages
...appear," &c. and thus, in a short time, it was my lot to tremble at the drowsy and awful warning-voice of the sluggard — " I heard him complain, You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again ;" , then, — " I pass'd by his garden, and saw the wild briar, The thorn, and the thistle, grow broader... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1824 - 36 pages
...play, Let tny first years be past, That I may give for every day Some good account at last. SONG XI. i The Sluggard. 'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, "You've wak'd me too soon; I must slumber again j" As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed, Turns... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1824 - 170 pages
...; Thus.unlamented let me die, Steal from the world, and not a stone SECTION II. , The Sluggard. 1. 'Tis the voice of the sluggard — I heard him complain. " You have wak'd me to soon, I must slumber again." As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed Turns Lis sides,... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1828 - 188 pages
...virtue's way, Thy life will happy be; But if thou stray from its good path, Destruction waits on thee. THE SLUGGARD. 'Tis the voice of the sluggard, I heard him complain, " You havewak'd me too soon, I must slumber again." As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed, Turns his... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Children's poetry, English - 1829 - 76 pages
...things; that children might find delight and profit together. A SLIGHT SPECIMEN OF MORAL SONGS. SONG I. THE SLUGGARD. 'Tis the voice of the sluggard ; I heard him complain, ( ' You have wak'd me too soon, I must slumher again ;" As the door on its hinges, so he on his hed, Turns his sides,... | |
 | Jesse Torrey (the younger.) - Readers, American - 1830 - 162 pages
...between them. BERQUIN. 14. 'Tis the voice of a sluggard — I heard him complain, " You have wak'd me too soon, I must slumber again." As the door on its hinges, so he on his hed Turns his sides and his shoulders and his heavy head. 15. "A little more sleep and a little more... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Children's poetry, English - 1830 - 84 pages
...praise, Give glory to the Son ; And to the Spirit of his grace Be equal honour done. MORAL SONGS. SONG I. The Sluggard. 'Tis the voice of the sluggard ; I heard him complain, "You've wak'd me too soon ; I must As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed Turns his sides and... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children's poetry - 1831 - 178 pages
...unlamented let me die, Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie. SECTION IF. The Sluggard. 1. 'Tis the voice of the sluggard — I heard him complain, " You have wak'd me too soon — I must slumber again." As the door on its hinges, so he on his hed, Turns his... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 676 pages
...THOMAS, AND CO., PHILADELPHIA. THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. CHAPTER I. Tis the voice of the sluggard, I've heard him complain, " You have waked me too soon,...slumber again ;" As the door on its hinges, so he ou his bed, Turns his side, and his shoulders, and his heavy head. Dr. Watt,. THE mansion-house of... | |
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Tis the voice of the Sluggard; I heard him complain: 'You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again. 
