Quiet Work
Matthew Arnold
1822 to 1888
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One lesson, Nature, let me learn of thee,
One ______ which in every wind is blown,
One lesson of ______ duties kept at one
Though the loud world proclaim ______ enmity—
Of toil unsever'd from tranquility!
Of labor, that ______ lasting fruit outgrows
Far noisier schemes, accomplish'd in repose,
______ great for haste, too high for rivalry.
Yes, while ______ earth a thousand discords ring,
Man's fitful uproar mingling ______ his toil,
Still do thy sleepless ministers move on,
______ glorious tasks in silence perfecting;
Still working, blaming still ______ vain turmoil,
Laborers that shall not fail, when man ______ gone.