Classic Poem

“‘‘Ere dawn of day we hither came;’
so gave they answer, one and all;
‘we have stood here since rose the sun,
and no man biddeth us do aught.’
‘Enter my vineyard; do what ye can,’
said then the lord, and made it sure,—
‘What wage is fair, by fall of night,
I will you pay, in thought and deed.’
They went unto his vines, and work'd;
and thus all day the lord went forth,
and new men to his vineyard brought,
well-nigh till day had pass'd its goal.