Page:The castle of Indolence - an allegorical poem - Written in imitation of Spenser (IA castleofindolenc00thomiala).pdf/9



Man, who livest here by Toil, Do not complain of this thy hard Estate; That like an Emmet thou must ever , Is a sad Sentence of an ancient Date; And,, there is for it Reason great; For, though sometimes it makes thee weep and wail, And curse thy Stars, and early drudge and late, That would come an heavier ,