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62 Wherefore to these the Fates shall bend

(And all old idle things—)

Wherefore on these shall Power attend

Beyond the grasp of kings:

Each in his place, by right, not grace,

Shall rule his heritage—

The men who simply do the work

For which they draw the wage.

Not such as scorn the loitering street,

Or waste to earn its praise,

Their noontide's unreturning heat

About their morning ways:

But such as dower each mortgaged hour

Alike with clean courage—

Even the men who do the work

For which they draw the wage—

Men like to Gods that do the work

For which they draw the wage—

Begin—continue—close the work

For which they draw the wage!