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 For now the field is not far off
 Where we must give the world a proof
  Of read more 
 For now the field is not far off
 Where we must give the world a proof
  Of deeds, not words. 
 We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and 
we have done those things which read more 
 We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and 
we have done those things which we ought not to have done. 
 His deeds do not agree with his words.
 [Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]  
 His deeds do not agree with his words.
 [Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.] 
This is the Thing that I was born to do.
This is the Thing that I was born to do.
 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. 
Thy Will for Deed I do accept.
Thy Will for Deed I do accept.
 "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?" 
 Who doth right deeds
 Is twice born, and who doeth ill deeds vile.  
 Who doth right deeds
 Is twice born, and who doeth ill deeds vile. 
 Little deeds of kindness, little words of love,
 Make our earth an Eden like the heaven above.  
 Little deeds of kindness, little words of love,
 Make our earth an Eden like the heaven above.