“I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; “And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
“Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
“So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.” |
