Emma Lazarus (1849-1887). Epochs. ix. Work. Andrew Macphail, comp. 1916. The Book of Sorrow

Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.

XXI. Interlude
Epochs
ix. Work

By Emma Lazarus (1849–1887)


YET life is not a vision nor a prayer,
But stubborn work; she may not shun her task.
After the first compassion, none will spare
Her portion and her work achieved, to ask.
She pleads for respite,—she will come ere long	5
When, resting by the roadside, she is strong.