Time isToo Slow for those who Wait,Too Swift for those who Fear,Too Long for those who Grieve,Too Short for those who Rejoice;But for those who Love,Time is not.
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Henry van Dyke quotes & passages
3 passages by Henry van Dyke, from Music, and Other Poems and The Poems of Henry van Dyke. Henry van Dyke died in 1933, so the words are in the public domain. Every passage is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg text.
About Henry van Dyke
American clergyman, author and educator (1852–1933), Princeton professor and US Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Wrote The Other Wise Man.
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Four things a man must learn to doIf he would make his record true:To think without confusion clearly;To love his fellow-men sincerely;To act from honest motives purely;To trust in God and Heaven securely.
Let me but do my work from day to day,In field or forest, at the desk or loom,In roaring market-place or tranquil room;Let me but find it in my heart to say,When vagrant wishes beckon me astray,"This is my work; my blessing, not my doom;"Of all who live, I am the one by whom"This work can best be done in the right way."Then shall I see it not too great, nor small,To suit my spirit and to prove my powers;Then shall I cheerful greet the labouring hours,And cheerful turn, when the long shadows fallAt eventide, to play and love and rest,Because I know for me my work is best.
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