First Line: GO, SILLY WORM, DRUDGE, TRUDGE, AND TRAVELL Last Line: TO PROVE THY DAYS BUT DREAM AND SLUMBER. Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
Go, silly worm, drudge, trudge, and travel, Despising pain, So thou may'st gain Some honour, or some golden gravel: But Death the while (to fill his number) With sudden call Takes thee from all, To prove thy days but dream and slumber.