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Who may not strive, may yet fulfil The harder task of standing still, And good but wished, with God is done.
Who may not strive, may yet fulfil The harder task of standing still, And good but wished, with God is done.
Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial
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- John G. Whittier
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- Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial
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- Thoughts: Selected from the writings of favorite authors (1901) (1901 AD)
Complete signed selection 47; printed byline: Whittier; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901
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