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The legend of Felix is ended, the toiling of Felix is done;
The Master has paid him his wages, the goal of his journey is won;
He rests, but he never is idle; a thousand years pass like a day,
In the glad surprise of Paradise where work is sweeter than play.
--
The Toiling of Felix, Pt. III, st. 1 (1898).

 

Henry van Dyke

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