We spend our midday sweat, our midnight oil;
We tire the night in thought, the day in toil.

Francis Quarles

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Topic

Work Fatigue

Author

Francis Quarles

Source

Emblems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1635 1630s 17th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Quarles, Francis. Emblemes, Divine and Moral. London, 1635, bk. 2, emblem 2.

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As I sit looking out of a window of the building
I wish I did not have to write the instruction manual on the uses of a new metal.
I look down into the street and see people, each walking with an inner peace,
And envy them-they are so far away from me!
Not one of them has to worry about getting out this manual on schedule.

John Ashbery

The Instruction Manual

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Topic
Observing others Work

Author

John Ashbery
Source
The Instruction Manual
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1956 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Ashbery, John. "The Instruction Manual." Some Trees: Yale Series Of Younger Poets. Yale University Press, 1956, I. 1.