A book of English poetry; ed. by T. Shorter

Jtbtr Ill~ Jail.

KDP wtll''king-'tiB wiaet'

'.nwlaitting aside,

And dreaming &nd ai2h!ng

And wniting the tide.

lD life's eU'IIe&t battle

They Olllly prenil

Who dail'y mal'Ch onward,

.And 11ever .ay fail I

In life'a l"O&y morning,

In mMhood'e firm pride,

Let this he the motto

Your footetepa to guide:

In storm and in tmft8hinel

Whatever Mllllil,

We'll on'l!l'!lni andcooquet',

And ne,"rerayfaiU

Jtl7mstinalion.

To-lloRJ\OW and to·morrow, and to-mort'O"'P
Creeps in tl~ia potty space from day to day,
To the lnst syUa:ble of reeorded time,
And all oar y•f:M-<hya have lipted foolll
The way to duelty deAth.
Sru.IDI!IPIQU.

Ba wise to-day ;: •tie madness to defer:

Next day the ft~.i:al precedent will plead :

Thue on till wisdom ia puah'd out of Jife.

P rocrastination is the thief of time ;

Year after year it steals, till all are fted.

YoUlr&.

OD, IM!ize the inntant time ; Yat. nenrmll

With w&tel'll on,oe pase'd by impel the mill!

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