It Bystean sûnder Hoop -
Is, tink, it tagedienst -
Want it is net basearre op
Offerte - Wurk foar Lean
Ken oantrún fan Profyt -
In Eindoel dat jin poent -
Gjin Tawijing sa grut as dy’t
Net weet hat fan in Oant -
The Service without Hope -
Is tenderest, I think -
Because ’tis unsustained
By stint - Rewarded Work -
Has impetus of Gain -
And impetus of Goal -
There is no Diligence like that
That knows not an Until -
F880 (J779). Ofbylding: Amherst College Library, Emily Dickinson Collection,
