But when she boldly counsels Sleep To persons when in bed, Then, then indeed men blush to see The daybreak blushing red: The early risers whom we term Healthy, grow sickly and infirm;The Early Bird who caught the Worm Will catch the Germ instead.
For this at least be Science praised If all the rest be rot, That now she snubs the priggish childThat quits too soon his cot:The pharisaic pachyderm Of spiritual pride shall squirm:The Early Bird catches the worm, The Worm that dieth not.
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