The House-Builders

Now should I build myself a house, as silly folk have prayed me,
Here are the names of those by whom I'm like to be assisted:
Sir Need and Master Work-at-naught will promptly come to aid me;
One Ne'er-get-on, who knows me well, will likewise be enlisted.
Sir Want and Master What's-to-do are servants sure and steady;
And many a call is paid me by Sir Loss and Sir Unready.
And once this troop has built my house and in it I entrench me,
Be sure the snow will find a way into the room to drench me!