all duty never leisure

[fledgist]

this is the way all duty never leisure

you think of life as one long noble strain

to take this path and from all hope abstain

 

your only wish to banish every pleasure

into a future lacking human pain

this is the way all duty never leisure

 

to think of what should be your honest treasure

rather you hoard each little worthless grain

as if it sent a signal to your brain

this is the way all duty never leisure