Do your duty today and repent tomorrow

Do your duty today and repent tomorrow

Thanks to the gods! my boy has done his duty.

Thanks to the gods! my boy has done his duty.

And I read the moral--A brave endeavour
To do thy duty, whate'er its worth,
Is better than read more

And I read the moral--A brave endeavour
To do thy duty, whate'er its worth,
Is better than life with love forever,
And love is the sweetest thing on earth.

He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and
will find the flaw when read more

He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and
will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.

Not aw'd to duty by superior sway.

Not aw'd to duty by superior sway.

So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man.
When Duty whispers low, read more

So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man.
When Duty whispers low, Thou must,
The youth replies, I can.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

Left that command
Sole daughter of his voice.

Left that command
Sole daughter of his voice.

If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.

If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.