Three things make earth unquiet br And four she cannot brook br The godly Agur counted them br And put them in a book -- br Those Four Tremendous Curses br With which mankind is cursed; br But a Servant when He Reigneth br Old Agur entered first. br An Handmaid that is Mistress br We need not call upon. br A Fool when he is full of Meat br Will fall asleep anon. br An Odious Woman Married br May bear a babe and mend; br But a Servant when He Reigneth br Is Confusion to the end. br br His feet are swift to tumult, br His hands are slow to toil, br His ears are deaf to reason, br His lips are loud in broil. br He knows no use for power br Except to show his might. br He gives no heed to judgment br Unless it prove him right. br br Because he served a master br Before his Kingship came, br And hid in all disaster br Behind his master's name, br So, when his Folly opens br The unnecessary hells, br A Servant when He Reigneth br Throws the blame on some one else. br br His vows are lightly spoken, br His faith is hard to bind, br His trust is easy boken, br He fears his fellow-kind.