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To: Oorang

:)

They also serve who only stand and wait....


767 posted on 02/22/2021 10:42:00 AM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Bigg Red

I had to find the source, here it is! He wrote this and also Paradise Lost, after he went blind.

When I consider how my light is spent,
Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,
And that one Talent which is death to hide
Lodged with me useless, though my Soul more bent
To serve therewith my Maker, and present
My true account, lest he returning chide,
“Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?”
I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent
That murmur, soon replies, “God doth not need
Either man’s work or his own gifts; who best
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state
Is Kingly: thousands at his bidding speed,
And post o’er land and ocean without rest;
They also serve who only stand and wait.”


789 posted on 02/22/2021 11:48:08 AM PST by little jeremiah (Thirst for truth is the most valuable possession and no one can take it away from you.)
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