Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DISSWASIONS FROM IDLENESSE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Cynthius pluck ye by the eare Last Line: The lazie man the most doth love. Subject(s): Idleness; Laziness; Sloth; Indolence | ||||||||
Cynthius pluck ye by the eare, That ye may good doctrine heare. Play not with the maiden-haire; For each Ringlet there's a snare. Cheek, and eye, and lip, and chin; These are traps to take fooles in. Armes, and hands, and all parts else, Are but Toiles, or Manicles Set on purpose to enthrall Men, but Slothfulls most of all. Live employ'd, and so live free From these fetters; like to me Who have found, and still can prove, The lazie man the most doth love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AGAINST WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S ENCROACHING by CHARLES SIMIC NIKOS AT 42 by REETIKA VAZIRANI ODE ON INDOLENCE by JOHN KEATS IDLENESS by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL VAIN EXCUSE by WALTER CONRAD ARENSBERG A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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