LEISURE

leisure

(1821)

theytalkoftime,andoftime'sgallingyoke,

thatlikeamill-stoneonman'sminddothpress,

whichonlyworksandbusinesscanredress:

ofdivineleisuresuchfoulliesarespoke,

woundingherfairgiftswithcalumniousstroke.

butmighti,fedwithsilentmeditation,

assoiledlivefromthatfiendoccupation—

improbuslabor,whichmyspiritshathbroke—

i'ddrinkoftime'srichcup,andneversurfeit:

flinginmoredaysthanwenttomakethegem,

thatcrown'dthewhitetopofmethusalem:

yeaonmyweaknecktake,andneverforfeit,

likeatlasbearingupthedaintysky,

theheaven-sweetburthenofeternity.

deusnobishaecotiafecit.