Of Laggards
BOATMAN , ask not what to do;
Pull the Oar that's nearest you!
Why work at Nothing, like the Wee Pig's Tail
That Wiggles all day long to no avail?
T HE Oarsmen's Heads keep nodding to and fro,
But that is not what makes the Galley go.
T HE Looker-on who takes his rest
Can always steer the Boat the best.
A H , most unfair are Fortunes tithes!
Bad Reapers never get Good Scythes.
Pull the Oar that's nearest you!
Why work at Nothing, like the Wee Pig's Tail
That Wiggles all day long to no avail?
T HE Oarsmen's Heads keep nodding to and fro,
But that is not what makes the Galley go.
T HE Looker-on who takes his rest
Can always steer the Boat the best.
A H , most unfair are Fortunes tithes!
Bad Reapers never get Good Scythes.
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