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Who first invented work, and bound the free And holiday-rejoicing spirit down To that dry drudgery at the desk's dead wood? Sabbathless Satan!
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker demands to know who invented work and chained a free, holiday-loving spirit to lifeless drudgery at a desk. The complaint ends by cursing that inventor as a Satan who allows no day of rest. It is a mock-indignant protest against desk labour.
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