—Hafiz, tr. by Frederic Rowland Marvin.
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Small service is true service while it lasts:
Of humblest friends, bright creature, scorn not one;
The daisy, by the shadow that it casts,
Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.
—William Wordsworth.
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Mechanic soul, thou must not only do
With Martha, but with Mary ponder too;