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The Potter

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 6, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 49.

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The Potter

The potter stood at his daily work, One patient foot on the ground, The other with never-slackening speed Turning his swift wheel around.
Silent we stood beside him there, Watching the restless knee, Till my friend said low in pitying voice, “How tired his foot must be!”
The potter never paused in his work, Shaping the wondrous thing. ’Twas only a common flower-pot, But perfect in fashioning.
Slowly he raised his patient eyes, With homely truth inspired; “No, marm; it isn’t the foot that works, The one that stands gets tired.”
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