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THE VALUE OF TIME.

If idly spent, no art or care

Time’s blessing can restore;

And God requires a strict account

For every misspent hour.

Short is our longest day of life,

And soon the prospect ends;

Yet on that day’s uncertain date

Eternity depends.

Poems for the Young.