Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.
Epochs. ix. WorkEmma Lazarus (18491887)
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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
When, resting by the roadside, she is strong.