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 His deeds inimitable, like the Sea
 That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts
  Nor read more 
 His deeds inimitable, like the Sea
 That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts
  Nor prints of Precedent for poore men's facts. 
 "I worked for men," my Lord will say,
 When we meet at the end of the King's highway;
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 "I worked for men," my Lord will say,
 When we meet at the end of the King's highway;
  "I walked with the beggar along the road,
   I kissed the bondsman stung by the goad,
    I bore my half of the porter's load.
     And what did you do," my Lord will say,
      "As you traveled along the King's highway?" 
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
 Go put your creed into your deed,
 Not speak with double tongue.  
 Go put your creed into your deed,
 Not speak with double tongue. 
 Things of today?
 Deeds which are harvest for Eternity!  
 Things of today?
 Deeds which are harvest for Eternity! 
 All your better deeds
 Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.  
 All your better deeds
 Shall be in water writ, but this in marble. 
'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do.
'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do.