...labor or of skill, I would be busy, too, For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. 4. In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first...may give for every day Some good account at last. WATTS. 1371, С.Л. 1. WHATEVER brawls disturb the street, There should bo pence at home, Where sisters...

...truth expressed in simpler terms, than when the poet taught the child to sing — " In works of labor or of skill I would be busy too — For Satan finds some mischief still, For Idle hands to do." That labor is the punishment of sin, Is an error as contrary to reason, as it is unsanctioned...

...truth expressed in simpler terms, than when the poet taught the child to sing — " In works of labor or of skill I would be busy too — For Satan finds some mischief still, For idle hands to do." That labor is the punishment of sin, is an error as contrary to reason, as it is unsanctioned...

...From every opening flower ! In works of labour and of skill I would be busy too ; For Satnn finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or work, or healthful play, May my first years be passed, That I may give for every day A good account at last. — WATTS. When...

...spreads her wax ! And labors hard to store it well, With the sweet food she makes. 3. In works of labor or of skill, I would be busy too, For Satan finds some misehief still For idle hands to do. 4. In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be...

...natural Affection.'11 Warnings against the dangers of idle habits were sometimes delivered in verse: In Works of Labour or of Skill I would be busy too: For Satan finds some Mischief still For idle Hands to do.12 Idleness was regarded by one observer (and this was a common sentiment ) as 'the fruitful...

...cell ! How neat she spreads the wax ! And labours hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. In works of labour, or of skill, I would be busy too;...may give for every day Some good account at last." In Song 22, "Against Pride in Clothes," verse 4 reads: "The tulip and the butterfly Appear in gayer...

...castigation of 'idleness' 137 which was a prominent feature of eighteenth-century children's books: In Works of Labour or of Skill I would be busy too: For Satan finds some Mischief still For idle Hands to do.50 Yet it presents 'play' not as a specialized, and threatened, area of experience - the...

...little busy bee, Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower! In works of labour or of skill, I would be busy too; For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. [ Works, 224] Such verses were ripe for parody. Where Lewis Carroll replaced Watts's honeybee...

...the case of all poor people's children, we should read it thus: "In work, work, work. In work alway Let my first years be past That I may give for every day Some good account at last." "150 A deep hum of applause rose not only from the two teachers, but from all the pupils, who were...