 | James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 276 pages
...Utopia at once ; But better, almost, be at work in sin, Than in a brute inaction browse and sleep. No man is born into the world, whose work Is not born...arms akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what to do ; Ant! he who waits to have his task marked out Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled. Our time... | |
 | 1857 - 564 pages
...then from him, have a purpose in life worthy of pursuit, pursue it untiringly, and you will conquer. " There is always work, And tools to work withal, for...arms akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what to do ; Our time is one that calls for earnest deeds." Adaptations between the Terrestlal and Celestial Economies.... | |
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1857 - 506 pages
...poverty and toil, have been, most frequently, the benefactors of the race. Well has the poet said : — " The busy world shoves angrily aside The man who stands with arms a-kirabo set, Until occasion tell him what to do ; And he who waits to have his task marked out, Shall... | |
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1858 - 482 pages
...poverty and toil, have been, most frequently, the benefactors of the race. "Well has the poet said:—> "The busy world shoves angrily aside The man who stands with arms a-kimbo set, Until occasion tell him what to do; And he who waits to have his task marked out, Shall die, and leave his errand... | |
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling, Henry Lunettes - 1860 - 496 pages
...most frequently, the benefactors of the race. Well has the poet said : — " The busy world shores angrily aside The man who stands with arms a-kimbo set, Until occasion tell him what to do ; And he who waits to have his task marked out, Shall die, and leave his errand... | |
 | 1861 - 356 pages
...of feelings unemployed. Better to sink beneath the shock, Than moulder piecemeal on the rock. BYRON. The busy world shoves angrily aside The man who stands with arms akimbo set, Until occasion tell him what to do; And he who waits to have his task marked out, Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 pages
...twilight dim,— For meek Obedience, too, is Light, And following that is finding Him. ACT FOE TRUTH. The busy world shoves angrily aside The man who stands...with arms akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what lo do ; And he who waits to have his task mark'd out Shall die and leave his errand unfulnll'd. Our... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 340 pages
...always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will ; And blessed are the horny hands of toil I The busy world shoves angrily aside The man who stands...arms akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what to do ; 4nd he who waits to have his task marked out Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled. Our time... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 pages
...; But better, almost, be at work in sin, Thau in a brute inaction browse and sleep. No may is boni into the world, whose work Is not born with him ;...world shoves angrily aside The man who stands with anus akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what 4o do ; And he who waits to have his task marked out... | |
 | 1882 - 596 pages
...italics : (a) Keep your ears open to all that is worth fuaring, and closed to all that is not. 0 (b) The busy world shoves angrily aside The man who stands...arms akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what to do. (c) Silence and Darkness, solemn sisters, twins From ancient Night, who nurse the tender thought, That... | |
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No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him ; there is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will; And blessed are the horny hands of toil ! The busy world shoves angrily aside The man who stands with arms akimbo set,... 
