Rising in the morning
- A plant without moisture sweet,
Can bring forth no good flower,
If in youth ye lack virtue,
In age, ye shall want honor. - First, dread you, God,
and fly from sin,
Earthly things are mortal,
Be thou not haughty in thy looks,
Pride will have a fall. - Rise you early in the morning,
For it hath properties three,
Holiness, health, and happy wealth,
As my father taught me. - At six of the clock,
without delay, Accustom thee to rise,
And give God thanks for thy good rest,
When thou openest thine eyes. - Pray Him also to prosper,
thee And thine affairs in deed,
All the day after, assure thyself,
The better shalt thou speed.
—Hugh Rhodes
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