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A servant with this clause
Makes drudgery divine:
Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws
Makes that and th’ action fine. - George Herbert Attribution: George Herbert (1593–1633), British poet, clergyman. repr. In The Works of George Herbert, ed. Helen Gardner (1961). The Elixir, st. 5, The Temple (1633).

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