CXIX + 

A Hermitage + 

From St. Gregory Nazianzen + 

Some one whisper’d yesterday, + 

Of the rich and fashionable, + 

Gregory in his own small way + 

Easy was and comfortable. + 

Had he not of wealth his fill + 

Whom a garden gay did bless, + 

And a gently trickling rill, + 

And the sweets of idleness? + 

I made answer:⁠—“Is it ease + 

Fasts to keep and tears to shed, + 

Vigil hours and wounded knees, + 

Call you these a pleasant bed?” + 

Thus a veritable monk + 

Does to death his fleshly frame; + 

Be there who in sloth are sunk, + 

They have forfeited the name. + 