And the Sons of Mary smile and are blessed--they know the angels
are on their side:
They know in them is the Grace confessed, and for them are the
Mercies multiplied;
They sit at the Feet, they hear the Word, they see how truly the
Promise runs;
They have cast their burden upon the Lord, and--the Lord He lays
it on Martha's sons!
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The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.
The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.
My work is a game, a very serious game.
My work is a game, a very serious game.
With hand on the spade and heart in the sky
Dress the ground and till it;
Turn read more
With hand on the spade and heart in the sky
Dress the ground and till it;
Turn in the little seed, brown and dry,
Turn out the golden millet.
Work, and your house shall be duly fed:
Work, and rest shall be won;
I hold that a man had better be dead
Than alive when his work is done.
Light is the task when many share the toil.
Light is the task when many share the toil.
Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is
toil.
Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is
toil.
God be thank'd that the dead have left still
Good undone for the living to do--
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God be thank'd that the dead have left still
Good undone for the living to do--
Still some aim for the heart and the will
And the soul of a man to pursue.
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.
Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.
There will be little drudgery in this better ordered world.
Natural power harnessed in machines will be the general read more
There will be little drudgery in this better ordered world.
Natural power harnessed in machines will be the general drudge.
What drudgery is inevitable will be done as a service and duty
for a few years or months out of each life; it will not consume
nor degrade the whole life of anyone.
