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Matthew Arnold - Quiet WorkMatthew Arnold - Quiet Work
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One lesson, Nature, let me learn of thee, One lesson which in every wind is blown, One lesson of two duties kept at one Though the loud world proclaim their enmity— Of toil unsever`d from tranquility! Of labor, that in lasting fruit outgrows Far noisier schemes, accomplish`d in repose, Too great for haste, too high for rivalry. Yes, while on earth a thousand discords ring, Man`s fitful uproar mingling with his toil, Still do thy sleepless ministers move on, Their glorious tasks in silence perfecting; Still working, blaming still our vain turmoil, Laborers that shall not fail, when man is gone.
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