Ay! idleness! the rich folks never fail
To find some reason why the poor deserve
Their miseries.


The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Southey, LL. D. (later Poet Laureate.) (ed. 1846)


Ay! idleness! the rich folks never fail To find some reason why the poor deserve Their miseries.

Ay! idleness! the rich folks never fail To find some reason why the poor deserve Their miseries.

Ay! idleness! the rich folks never fail To find some reason why the poor deserve Their miseries.

Ay! idleness! the rich folks never fail To find some reason why the poor deserve Their miseries.