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Rh And in them puts its highest sense, Unmindful of the recompense; Contented calmly to pursue Whatever work it finds to do.

Howadji, with sweet dreams full fraught, We trace this Nile through human thought. Remains of ancient grandeur stand Along the shores on either hand. Like pyramids, against the skies Loom up the old philosophies, And the Greek king, who wandered long, Smiles from uncrumbling rock of song.

bold, great actions that are seen too near, Look rash and foolish to unthinking eyes; But at a distance they at once appear In their true grandeur: so let us be wise, And not too soon our neighbor's deed malign, Lest what seems crude should prove to be divine.

In Athens, when all learning center'd there, Men reared a column of surpassing height In honor of Minerva, wise and fair; And on the top, which dwindled to the sight, A statue of the goddess was to stand, That wisdom might be known in all the land.

And he who, with the beauty in his heart, Seeking in faultless work immortal youth, Would mold this statue with the finest art, Making the wintry marble glow with truth,