Selected Poetry.
"Ho ! ye who burrow in the earth, The treasures to unfold, Which she deposited for -man In ages back untold. ;. . Remember, though ye are begrimed, And wefc with labor's dew, It is a harder task by faVi ' To have no work to do.* And ye who tend the whirling wheels Of busy industry, Amid the smoke, and dust, and din, Of forge and factory ; Remember, though the brow may ache, The cheek lose health's bright hue, It is a harder task, by far, • To have no work to do.' And ye who have the favors of Fair fortune's sunny smile, Be proud of your relationship To him of humblest toil ; For to the honest scavenger More h onor far is duo, Than to the pampered potentate Who finds no work to do. Ho ! every one of labor's ranka^ From pulpit to the plough, Press onward in the march of life, By dint of hand and brow. And worn and weary though ye be, Fighting life's battle through,Remember it is. harder still, • To have no work to do. 1 Onward, and upward persevere, Though weary and foot sore, At yonder summit of the hill There's rest for. us in store. And as with quiet, steady step, Life's journey we pursue, Lefe us remember Him who had ' The greatest work to do." Muirkirk. _^ R, ,4.
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Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 435, 11 September 1872, Page 3
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225Selected Poetry. Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 435, 11 September 1872, Page 3
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