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Morris Rosenfeld

Work with might and main,
  Or with hand and heart,
Work with soul and brain,
  Or with holy art,
Thread, or genius’ fire—
  Make a vest, or verse—
If ’tis done for hire,
  It is done the worse.

Translated by Rose Pastor Stokes and Helena Frank

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From Songs of Labor and Other Poems

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