Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Knickerbocker

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Hard work Patience

Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Source

A Psalm of Life The Knickerbocker

Medium

Poem Magazine

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1838 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, [published anonymously]. "A Psalm of Life." The Knickerbocker. New York: Lewis Gaylord Clark, Oct. 1838, I. 33.

Current Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "A Psalm of Life." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000, I. 33.

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Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows.

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Time
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Era
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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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