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the way appointed.
In blasted hopes new ones thrive;
Joying and grieving,
Ephemerals wholly
Help me to live.
Joying and grieving,
Ephemerals wholly
Help me to live.
Mother, she planned—Father with strife
Planted and watered—
For what, are you asking?
To fit me to life.
Planted and watered—
For what, are you asking?
To fit me to life.
World, said I, your tasks I do not refuse;
Take me and try me;
Turn me and mould me,
And put me to use.
Take me and try me;
Turn me and mould me,
And put me to use.
Millers the water, sailors the wind;
Headfull and heartfull—
You will not? dull world, you,—
Then go—never mind.
Headfull and heartfull—
You will not? dull world, you,—
Then go—never mind.