Foresight: Spent

'The Widow's Prayer', Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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'Sonnet 19: (On His Blindness) When I consider...' by John Milton

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
To serve therewith my Maker, and present
My true account, lest He returning chide,
'Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?'
I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent
That murmur, soon replies, 'God doth not need
Either man's work, or his own gifts. Who best
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state
Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed
And post o'er land and ocean without rest;
​They also serve who only stand and wait.'

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Frederic Leighton (1830–1896) was a British painter, artist and sculptor.

John Milton (1608–1674) was an English poet.