Poem by Samuel Butler

Laborious Writers

Those get the least that take the greatest pains,
But most of all I’ th’ drudgery of the brains,
A natural sign of weakness, as an ant
Is more laborious than an elephant;
And children are more busy at their play,
Than those that wiseliest pass their time away.

1. Inventions
2. Politicians
3. Smatterers
4. Fear
5. On a Club of Sots

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