WITHOUT haste! without rest! | |
| Bind the motto to thy breast; | |
| Bear it with thee as a spell: | |
| Storm and sunshine guard it well! | |
| Heed not flowers that round thee bloom, | 5 |
| Bear it onward to the tomb. | |
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| Haste not! Let no thoughtless deed | |
| Mar for aye the spirit’s speed; | |
| Ponder well, and know the right; | |
| Onward, then, with all thy might. | 10 |
| Haste not! Years can ne’er atone | |
| For one reckless action done. | |
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| Rest not! Life is sweeping by; | |
| Go and dare before you die: | |
| Something mighty and sublime | 15 |
| Leave behind to conquer time! | |
| Glorious ’t is to live for aye, | |
| When these forms have passed away. | |
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| Haste not! Rest not! Calmly wait; | |
| Meekly bear the storms of fate! | 20 |
| Duty be thy polar guide,— | |
| Do the right, whate’er betide! | |
| Haste not! Rest not! Conflicts past, | |
| God shall crown thy work at last. | |
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