Three things make Earth unquiet

And four she cannot brook

The godly Agur counted them

And put them in a book

Those four tremendous curses;

With which mankind is cursed;

But a servant when he reigneth

Old Agur entered first

And handmaid that is mistress

We need not call upon

A fool when he is full of meat

Will fall asleep anon

And odious womand married

May bear a babe and mend;

But a servant when he reigneth

Is confusion to the end

INTERMEZZO

His feet are swift to tumult

His hands are slow to toil

His ears are deaf to reason

His lips are loud in broil

He knows no use for power

Except to show his migh

He gives no need to judgment

Unless it proves him right

VERSE

Because he served a master

Before his kinship came

And hid in all disaster

Behind his master's name

So when his folly opens

The unecessary hells

A servant when he reigneth

Throws the blame on someone else

SPECIAL

His vows are lightly spoken

His faith is hard to bind

His trust is easy broken

He fears his fellow kind

The nearest mob will move him

To break the pledge he gave

Oh, a servant when he reigneth

IS MORE THAN EVER SLAVE!