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Made in Germany. A.C.Bosselman & Co., New York.
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NOT IN VAIN
'Tis not in vain we labor,
Not fruitless all our toil;
E'en though our years are spent upon
A seeming barren soll.
Some time when, weary with our load,
We turn that way again
We'll find what'er may be our fate,
We've labored not in vain.
E'en though the desert bounds us
As limitless as air,
Some welcoming oasis lies
Beyond the borders there,
Where, mayhap in the ages past
Some traveller like thee
Has dropped with kindly hand a seed-
Behold today, a tree!
"Tis not in vain we labor-
Though we may see it not,
Some time a beauteous flower will bloom
Upon this barren spot;
And, not unmindful of our toil.
Some wanderer that may know
How kind we were to think of him
So very long ago.
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If not, there's still a happy thought,
The thought of duty done,
When we look backward o'er our course
From life's low, sinking sun;
We still have hope, though in our path
No bloom of flower we see-
Some are rewarded in this world-
And some in worlds to be.
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