“Freely we serve
Because we freely love.”
Because we freely love.”
MILTON
“Be sure no earnest work
Of any honest creature, howbeit weak,
Imperfect, ill-adapted, fails so much,
It is not gathered as a grain of sand
To enlarge the sum of human action used
For carrying out God’s ends. No creature works
So ill, observe, that therefore he’s cashiered.
The honest man must stand and work,
The woman also – otherwise she drops
At once below the dignity of man,
Accepting serfdom. Free men freely work.
Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease.”
Of any honest creature, howbeit weak,
Imperfect, ill-adapted, fails so much,
It is not gathered as a grain of sand
To enlarge the sum of human action used
For carrying out God’s ends. No creature works
So ill, observe, that therefore he’s cashiered.
The honest man must stand and work,
The woman also – otherwise she drops
At once below the dignity of man,
Accepting serfdom. Free men freely work.
Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease.”
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
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