“But blast the man, with curses loud and deep,
Whate'er the rascal's name, or age, or station,
Who first invented, and went round advising,
That artificial cut-off, — Early Rising!”

— John Godfrey Saxe

"Early Rising".

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American poet 1816–1887

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“But blast the man, with curses loud and deep,Whate'er the rascal's name, or age, or station,Who first invented, and went round advising,That artificial cut-off, — Early Rising!”

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“But blast the man, with curses loud and deep,
Whate'er the rascal's name, or age, or station,
Who first invented, and went round advising,
That artificial cut-off, — Early Rising!”