GOD BE PRAISED.
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I am young and I love labour,
God be praised!
I have many a kindly neighbour,
God be praised!
I’ve a wife—my whole love bought her,
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And a little prattling daughter,
With eyes blue as ocean water,
God be praised! |
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II.
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Care or guilt have not deformed me,
God be praised!
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Tasks and trials but informed me,
God be praised!
I have been no base self-seeker;
With the mildest I am meeker;
I have made no brother weaker. |
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God be praised! [Page 81] |
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III.
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I have dreamt youth’s dreams elysian,
God be praised!
And for many an unreal vision,
God be praised!
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But of manhood’s lesson’s sterner
Long I’ve been a patient learner,
And now wear with ease life’s armour,
God be praised! |
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IV.
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The world is not all evil,
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God be praised!
It must amend if we will,
God be praised!
Healing vervain oft we find
With fell hemlock intertwined; |
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Hate, not Love, was born blind,
God be praised! |
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Calm night to day is neighbour,
God be praised!
So rest succeeds to labour,
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God be praised!
By deeds not days lives number,
Time’s conquerors still slumber,
Their own master-pieces under,
God be praised!
[Page 82] |
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VI.
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Time to the skeptic calleth,
God be praised!
Swift as the star that falleth,
God be praised!
On Time’s ever onward river
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Let us launch some high endeavour,
That may sail the seas for ever,
To God’s praise! [Page 83] |
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