Christopher Smart

“ And pleasure for thy pain.
Let thine industrious silk-worms reap
Their wages to the full,
Nor let neglected Dormice sleep
20To death within thy wool.
Know when the frosty weather comes,
'Tis charity to deal
To Wren and Redbreast all thy crumbs,
The remnant of thy meal.
25Tho' these some spirits think but light,
And deem indifferent things;
Yet they are serious in the sight
Of CHRIST, the King of kings.
Notes
This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”