1 | Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears. - Benjamin Franklin. | |
2 | Yet in this new age, such attitudes are self-defeating. | |
3 | And his marvelous sun was waning apparently to a black eclipse. | |
4 | His form grew emaciated; his voice, though still rich and sweet, had a certain melancholy prophecy of decay in it; | |
5 | This defect lost her the love of Narcissus, which caused Echo to pine away until only her voice was left. |