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Light is the task when many share the toil.
Light is the task when many share the toil.
 Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale,
 And guide my lonely way
  To where you taper cheers the read more 
 Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale,
 And guide my lonely way
  To where you taper cheers the vale
   With hospitable ray. 
 The foolish ofttimes teach the wise:
 I strain too much this string of life, belike,
  Meaning to read more 
 The foolish ofttimes teach the wise:
 I strain too much this string of life, belike,
  Meaning to make such music as shall save.
   Mine eyes are dim now that they see the truth,
    My strength is waned now that my need is most;
     Would that I had such help as man must have,
      For I shall die, whose life was all men's hope. 
 A sceptre snatched with an unruly hand
 Must be as boisterously maintained as gained,
  And he that read more 
 A sceptre snatched with an unruly hand
 Must be as boisterously maintained as gained,
  And he that stands upon a slippery place
   Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up. 
Heaven's help is better than early rising.
Heaven's help is better than early rising.
 God helps everyone with what is his own.
 [Sp., Ayude Dios con lo suyo a cada uno.]  
 God helps everyone with what is his own.
 [Sp., Ayude Dios con lo suyo a cada uno.] 
God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
The most important thing for us is to save lives.
The most important thing for us is to save lives.
The careful pilot of my proper woe.
The careful pilot of my proper woe.