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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
God be thank'd that the dead have left still
Good undone for the living to do--
Still read more
God be thank'd that the dead have left still
Good undone for the living to do--
Still some aim for the heart and the will
And the soul of a man to pursue.
What work's, my countrymen, in hand? Where go you
With bats and clubs? The matter? Speak, I pray you.
What work's, my countrymen, in hand? Where go you
With bats and clubs? The matter? Speak, I pray you.
The gull shall whistle in his wake, the blind wave break in fire.
He shall fulfill God's utmost will, read more
The gull shall whistle in his wake, the blind wave break in fire.
He shall fulfill God's utmost will, unknowing His desire,
And he shall see old planets pass and alien stars arise,
And give the gale his reckless sail in shadow of new skies.
Strong lust of gear shall drive him out and hunger arm his hand,
To wring his food from a desert nude, his foothold from the sand.
The Lord had a job for me, but I had so much to do,
I said, "You get somebody read more
The Lord had a job for me, but I had so much to do,
I said, "You get somebody else--or wait till I get through."
I don't know how the Lord came out, but He seemed to get along:
But I felt kinda sneakin' like, 'cause I know'd I done Him wrong.
One day I needed the Lord--Needed Him myself--needed Him right
away,
And He never answered me at all, but I could hear Him say
Down in my accusin' heart, "Nigger, I'se got too much to do,
You get somebody else or wait till I get through."
The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not read more
The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is
not satisfied with seeing, nor the read more
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is
not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled hearing.
Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.
Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.