IF A WORK IS WORTH THE DOING.

If a work is worth the doing It is worth the doing well. When a noble aim pursuing Never have an idle spell. There is danger in delaying And a man may win his case, By attention he is paying To the language of a face. There are records fate impresses In the lines upon a brow. Silence often times confesses More than wisdom would allow. Could we read the future’s pages We would hope’s incentive lose; The experience of ages Should ambition’s fire infuse. Could we see the path before us See the forces we must lead, See the tempests hanging o’er us [How the willing feet must bleed.] See the trials daily coming, Coming to the patience try; In the knowledge, vast, benumbing, Happiness would pass us by. Quick to reckon up the losses; Ready to forget our gains. It is ever little crosses, That the greatest love constrains. We who baffle mighty issues, Measure moments by their length: There are hosts of tiny tissues Most amazing in their strength.