Poems of James Clarence Mangan (Many hitherto uncollected): Centenary edition: Edited, with preface and notes by D. J. O'Donoghue: Introduction by John Mitchel |
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EFFECTS OF LAZINESS.
I left the Fabric of my Hopes to other hands to rear;It fell, and then I wept for grief, and wondered at its fall.
Be wiser thou, one Hand hath framed the Universal All;
That wrought alone; do thou the same, or swift Decay is near!
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