Edgar Guest - Earth Quotes

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So long as men shall be on earth
There will be tasks for them to do,
Some way for them to show their worth;
Each day shall bring its problems new. And men shall dream of mightier deeds
Than ever have been done before:
There always shall be human needs
For men to work and struggle for.

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God grant me these: the strength to do
Some needed service here;
The wisdom to be brave and true;
The gift of vision clear,
That in each task that comes to me
Some purpose I may plainly see. God teach me to believe that I
Am stationed at a post,
Although the humblest 'neath the sky,
Where I am needed most.
And that, at last, if I do well
My humble services will tell. God grant me faith to stand on guard,
Uncheered, unspoke, alone,
And see behind such duty hard
My service to the throne.
Whate'er my task, be this my creed:
I am on earth to fill a need.

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The things are mighty few on earth
That wishes can attain.
Whate'er we want of any worth
We've got to work to gain.

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The joy of life is living it, or so it seems to me;
In finding shackles on your wrists, then struggling till you're free;
In seeing wrongs and righting them, in dreaming splendid dreams,
Then toiling till the vision is as real as moving streams.
The happiest mortal on the earth is he who ends his day
By leaving better than he found to bloom along the way.

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I hold no dream of fortune vast,
Nor seek undying fame.
I do not ask when life is past
That many know my name. I may not own the skill to rise
To glory's topmost height,
Nor win a place among the wise,
But I can keep the right. And I can live my life on earth
Contented to the end,
If but a few shall know my worth
And proudly call me friend.

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