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LachesisHenry Wadsworth Longfellow

Lachesis

Sorely tried and sorely tempted,

From no agonies exempted,

In the penance of his trial,

And the discipline of pain;

Often by illusions cheated,

Often baffled and defeated

In the tasks to be completed,

He, by toil and self-denial,

To the highest shall attain.