 A little more sleep, and a little more slumber;" Thus he wastes half his days and his hours without number; And when he gets up, he sits folding his hands, Or walks about sauntering, or trifling he stands.  Divine and Moral Songs for Children - Pàgina 53per Isaac Watts - 1834 - 47 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Charles Bilton - 1869 - 168 pàgines
...hands, Or walks about sauntering, or trifling he stands. I passed by his garden, and saw the wild-brier, The thorn and the thistle grow broader and higher...clothes that hang on him are turning to rags ; And hismoney still wastes, till he starves or he begs. I made hi™ a visit, still hoping to find He had... | |
 | John Green - 1870 - 304 pàgines
...L K, -f*7r~ =5 ~^d~d — ij^^-*^3" *i^ — — 1 1 3^=5 3 I pass'd by his garden, and saw the wild brier, The thorn and the thistle grow broader and higher; The clothes that hang on hiitx are turning to raga, And his money still wastes, till he starves or he begs. 4 I made him a visit,... | |
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1871 - 684 pàgines
...the dreadful effects of idleness. The lines run thus :— " I paned by his garden, and saw the wild brier, The thorn, and the thistle, grow broader and...his money still wastes, till he starves or he begs." " Capital," exclaimed the squire, " and I fear too applicable to John's case in many points, yet I... | |
 | Hymns - 1871 - 330 pàgines
...garden, and saw the wild brier, The thorn and the thistle grow broader and higher; i'he clothes that hung on him are turning to rags, And his money still wastes till he starves or he begs. [ made him a visit, still hoping to find That he took better care for improving his mind ; He told... | |
 | Alfonzo Gardiner - 1872 - 104 pàgines
...his hands, Or walks about saunt'ring, or trifling he stands. I passed by his garden, and saw the wild brier, The thorn, and the thistle, grow broader and...his money still wastes, till he starves or he begs. I made him a visit, still hoping to find He had taken more care for improving his mind ; He told me... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1872 - 104 pàgines
...his hands, Or walks about dawdling, or trifling he stands. I passed by his garden, and saw the wild brier, The thorn and the thistle grow broader and...; The clothes that hang on him are turning to rags ; Yet to work he 'll refuse, though he starves or he begs. Said I then to my heart, " Here 'sa lesson... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1872 - 200 pàgines
...pass'd by his garden and saw the wild briar, The thorn and the thistle, grow broader and higher ; His clothes that hang on him are turning to rags, And his money still wastes till he starves or he begs. Said I then to my heart, ' Here's a lesson fop me, This man's but a picture of what I might be^ But... | |
 | Walter Parke - 1875 - 270 pàgines
...(Kustmns; AS DESCRIBED BY HIS NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR. " I passed by the garden, and saw the wild briar, The thorn, and the thistle grow broader and higher ; The clothes that are on him are turning to rags, And his money still wastes, till he starves or he begs."— DR. WATTS.... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1877 - 90 pàgines
...his hands, Or walks about sauntering, or trifling he stands. I pass'd by his garden, and saw the wild brier, The thorn and the thistle, grow broader and higher ; The clothes that hung on him are turning to rags ; And his money still wastes, till he starves or he begs. ! made him... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 242 pàgines
...his hands, Or walks about saunt'ring, or trifling he stands. I pass'd by his garden and saw the wild brier, The thorn and the thistle grow broader and...his money still wastes, till he starves or he begs. I made him a visit, still hoping to find He had tak'n better care for improving his mind : He told... | |
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