...and then he would quote two or three stanzas from Hood's humorous poem, " Morning Meditations :" " Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes...sun upon the upland lawn.' Well ! — he died young. So here I'll lie, my morning calls deferring, Till something nearer to the stroke of noon ; A man that's...

...Wherefore should master rise before the hens " Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint ftushes in the east awaken? A fig, say I, for any streaky part, Excepting bacon. An early riser Mr. Cray has drawn. Who used to haste the dewey grass among. "To meet the sun upon the upland lawn, ' —...

...smell of sweet herbs at the morning prime — Only lie long enough, and bed becomes A bed of time. An early riser Mr. Gray has drawn, Who used to haste, the dewy meadg among, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn," — Well — he died young. Hood, it should be...