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.

Men pass away, but their deeds abide.

Men pass away, but their deeds abide.

Deeds are males, words females are.

Deeds are males, words females are.

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.

So our lives
In acts exemplarie, not only winne
Ourselves good Names, but doth to others give
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So our lives
In acts exemplarie, not only winne
Ourselves good Names, but doth to others give
Matter for virtuous Deedes, by which wee live.

"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?"

We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and
we have done those things which read more

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.

Thy Will for Deed I do accept.

Thy Will for Deed I do accept.