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Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, This is my work my blessing, not my doom Of all who live, I am the one by whom This work can best be done in the right way.

Henry Van Dyke

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Henry Van Dyke
Age: 80 †
Born: 1852
Born: November 10
Died: 1933
Died: April 10
Diplomat
Poet
Writer
Germantown
Philadelphia
Find
Vagrant
Live
Vagrants
Done
Astray
Right
Doom
Heart
Wishes
Work
Blessing
Way
Wish
Best
Beckon

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