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The Useful and the Beautiful,

Indissolubly blent,

One law reveal, one Will and weal,

In sod and firmament.

The earth below, the sky above,

With flowers and stars are sprent;—

The child to cheer, the saint, the seer,

Their love and light are lent.

For Strength and Beauty equal are,

In Nature’s kind intent—

The hawthorn hedge, and granite ledge

That binds the continent.

Were wish and will more dutiful,

And life more nobly spent,

Would we not know, with souls aglow,

What such high vision meant?

Ah, yes! our lowliest tasks would then

In heaven’s own glory shine,

And time be told on harps of gold,

In dream and deed divine.