Living
Neither in Idleness Consume Thy Days
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
Neither in idleness consume thy days,
Nor bend thy back to mow the weeds of praise.
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MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “Neither in Idleness Consume Thy Days.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/594/.
Chicago
Landor, Walter Savage. “Neither in Idleness Consume Thy Days.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/594/.
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