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THE POETICAL WORKS OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES - VOLUME 7. |
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THE POETICAL WORKS OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES - VOLUME 7.
THE POETICAL WORKS OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES - VOLUME 7. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES But thou with decent mien and face
Art always ready in thy place;
Thy strenuous blast whate'er the tune
As steady as the strong monsoon;
Thy only dread a leathery creak
Or small residual extra squeak
To send along the shadowy aisles
A sunlit wave of dimpled smiles.
Not all the preaching O my friend
Comes from the church's pulpit end!
Not all that bend the knee and bow
Yield service half so true as thou!
One simple task performed aright
With slender skill but all thy might
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