"I worked for men," my Lord will say,
When we meet at the end of the King's highway;
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"I worked for men," my Lord will say,
When we meet at the end of the King's highway;
"I walked with the beggar along the road,
I kissed the bondsman stung by the goad,
I bore my half of the porter's load.
And what did you do," my Lord will say,
"As you traveled along the King's highway?"

Go put your creed into your deed,
Not speak with double tongue.

Go put your creed into your deed,
Not speak with double tongue.

His deeds inimitable, like the Sea
That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts
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His deeds inimitable, like the Sea
That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts
Nor prints of Precedent for poore men's facts.

Our deeds still travel with us from afar.
And what we have been makes us what we are.

Our deeds still travel with us from afar.
And what we have been makes us what we are.

'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do.

'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do.

This is the Thing that I was born to do.

This is the Thing that I was born to do.

All your better deeds
Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.

All your better deeds
Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and
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We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and
we have done those things which we ought not to have done.