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Thy Will for Deed I do accept.
Thy Will for Deed I do accept.
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
Little deeds of kindness, little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden like the heaven above.
Little deeds of kindness, little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden like the heaven above.
To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history.
To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history.
Who doth right deeds
Is twice born, and who doeth ill deeds vile.
Who doth right deeds
Is twice born, and who doeth ill deeds vile.
"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?"
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.
His deeds do not agree with his words.
[Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]
His deeds do not agree with his words.
[Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]
Deeds are males, words females are.
Deeds are males, words females are.
