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No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
Out of mind, when out of view.
Out of mind, when out of view.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.
