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With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone We bear the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return All we have built do we discern.

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Matthew Arnold
Age: 65 †
Born: 1822
Born: December 24
Died: 1888
Died: April 15
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
School Inspector
University Teacher
Writer
Laleham
Surrey
Long
Built
Stone
Life
Return
Heat
Feet
Till
Hours
Lays
Twere
Wish
Burden
Aching
Hands
Bear
Discern
Light
Stones
Heap
Done
Bears
Bleeding

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