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Such labour profits. Since it pleased the Lord To shut us out of Paradise, the sweat Of each man’s brow alone secures reward (His or another’s); and we need not fret. The bargain’s just, for if we do not get Interest, we get profits, which are more. Life’s interest is Nature’s secret, set In untrod plains, and if all pleasant lore Is there, Knowledge and Life,--an Eden-land whereo’er.