Labor Is the Burden of Our Being

Music: Galiardo Secundo Mris Marye Brownlo. By William Byrd.  Performed by John Sankey.

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Labor is the burden of our being, A weight that weds us firmly to the earth, Blessed servitude that serves a common meaning On which each may erect a sense of worth. Remember, then, the beauty of a calling Demanding both integrity and skill: A dancer in the drifts of early morning, Yet traveling towards sunset through sheer will.