Life s Duties - Annie Angier

Life s Duties - Annie Angier
Life hath its duties-scorn who may,
The mandate comes, "Go, work to-day;
The field's the world, the labor great;
Time for the sluggard ne'er will wait:
Ready or not. Death's arrows fly,
Faithful or false is known on high:
The golden sheaves, they only bear,
They only crowns of victory wear,
Who patient toil through weary years;
Still buoyed with Hope, though bowed with fears:
Heaven's law of Love-when that shall We
Man's guiding star, the world will see
And feel this truth; to live to bless,
Is wisdom's way of pleasantness.
If thou would'st share an angel's bliss,
Then be thy earthly mission this-
The mandate heed, that voice obey,
Which says to all, "Go, work to-day."