"For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do."
"So, when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns; And 't is a poor relief we gain To change the place, but keep the pain."
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Source: William Allen, Isaac Watts (1835). “Psalms and hymns for public worship: containing all the psalms and hymns of Dr. Watts which are deemed valuable, together with a new version of all the Psalms and many original hymns besides a large collection from other writers”, p.602
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