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Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Thine to work as well as pray,
Clearing thorny wrongs away;
Plucking up the weeds of sin,
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Thine to work as well as pray,
Clearing thorny wrongs away;
Plucking up the weeds of sin,
Letting heaven's warm sunshine in.
Get leave to work
In this world,--'tis the best you get at all.
Get leave to work
In this world,--'tis the best you get at all.
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.
Ther n' is no werkman whatever he be,
That may both werken wel and hastily.
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Ther n' is no werkman whatever he be,
That may both werken wel and hastily.
This wol be done at leisure parfitly.
The work under our labour grows
Luxurious by restraint.
The work under our labour grows
Luxurious by restraint.
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an
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To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an
opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.