His lady to the marquis says, <br />'The cock has crowed; 'tis late. <br />Get up, my lord, and haste to court. <br />'Tis full; for you they wait.' <br />She did not hear the cock's shrill sound, <br />Only the blueflies buzzing round. <br /> <br />Again she wakes him with the words, <br />'The east, my lord, is bright. <br />A crowded court your presence seeks; <br />Get up and hail the light.' <br />'Twas not the dawning light which shone, <br />But that which by the moon was thrown. <br /> <br />He sleeping still, once more she says, <br />'The flies are buzzing loud. <br />To lie and dream here by your side <br />Were pleasant, but the crowd <br />Of officers will soon retire; <br />Draw not on you and me their ire!'<br /><br />Confucius<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-wife-urging-her-husband-to-action/
