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With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
A woman sat in unwomanly rags,
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With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
A woman sat in unwomanly rags,
Plying her needle and thread.
If little labour. little are our gaines:
Man's fortunes are according to his paines.
If little labour. little are our gaines:
Man's fortunes are according to his paines.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
By labor fire is got out of stone.
By labor fire is got out of stone.
How blest is he who crowns in shades like these,
A youth of labour with an age of ease.
How blest is he who crowns in shades like these,
A youth of labour with an age of ease.
On their side the workers had only the Constitution. The other side had bayonets.
On their side the workers had only the Constitution. The other side had bayonets.
American labor, which is the capital of our workingmen.
American labor, which is the capital of our workingmen.
He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.
[Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat read more
He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.
[Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat ad Deum cum manibus.]
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
