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EASY WORK.
Little children, be not crying;
You have easy work to do;
Look not upward for the flying
Of the angels in the blue;
You have easy work to do;
Look not upward for the flying
Of the angels in the blue;
Look not for some great example,
Such as deaths of martyrs give;
One command above is ample
For the teaching you to live:
Such as deaths of martyrs give;
One command above is ample
For the teaching you to live:
So that you will find out roses
Brighter than are by the brooks;
Poesy with sweeter closes
Than are in the poet's books;
Brighter than are by the brooks;
Poesy with sweeter closes
Than are in the poet's books;
Friends to gently watch and tend you
When your hours of pain go by,
And at last their prayers to lend you,
When your time has come to die.
When your hours of pain go by,
And at last their prayers to lend you,
When your time has come to die.
In your working, in your praying,
In your actions, great or small,
In your hearts keep Jesus' saying,—
“Love each other”: this is all.
In your actions, great or small,
In your hearts keep Jesus' saying,—
“Love each other”: this is all.
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