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Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.
Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.
A woman's work, grave sirs, is never done.
A woman's work, grave sirs, is never done.
Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.
Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.
Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
 Tho' we earn our bread, Tom,
 By the dirty pen,
  What we can we will be,
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 Tho' we earn our bread, Tom,
 By the dirty pen,
  What we can we will be,
   Honest Englishmen.
    Do the work that's nearest
     Though it's dull at whiles,
      Helping, when we meet them,
       Lame dogs over stiles. 
Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.
Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.
The world is filled with willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
The world is filled with willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.
All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.
 Joy to the Toiler!--him that tills
 The fields with Plenty crowned;
  Him with the woodman's axe that read more 
 Joy to the Toiler!--him that tills
 The fields with Plenty crowned;
  Him with the woodman's axe that thrills
   The wilderness profound.