When I consider how my light is spent
Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,
And that one talent which is death to hide
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent
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Milton etched these words amongst the dross
On the youthful brains of those
Who only sat and waited
For the session of school to be abated.
They emerged educated,
But unchanged
Into a world less compassionate
For those that 'Only Stand and Wait.'
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Milton etched these words amongst the dross On the youthful brains of those Who only sat and waited For the session of school to be abated. They emerged educated, But unchanged Into a world less compassionate For those that 'Only Stand and Wait.' s