Classic Poem

O ever-earnest sun!
Unwearied in thy work,
Unhalting in thy course,
Unlingering in thy path,
Teach me thy earnest ways,
That mine may be a life of stedfast work and praise.

O ever-earnest stars!
Unchanging in your light,
Unfaltering in your race,
Unswerving in your round,
Teach me your earnest ways
That mine may be a life of stedfast work and praise.

O ever-earnest earth!
Doing thy Maker's work,
Fulfilling his great will,
With all thy morns and evens,
Teach me thy earnest ways,
That mine may be a life of stedfast work and praise.

O ever-earnest streams!
Flowing still on and on,
Through vale, or field, or moor,
In darkness or in light,
Teach me your earnest ways,
That mine may be a life of stedfast work and praise.

O ever-earnest flowers!
That with untiring growth
Shoot up, and spread abroad
Your fragrance and your joy,
Teach me your earnest ways,
That mine may be a life of stedfast work and praise.

O ever-earnest sea!
Constant in flow and ebb,
Heaving to moon and sun,
Unchanging in thy change,
Teach me thy earnest ways,
That mine may be a life of stedfast work and praise.