That Golden Time

That Golden Time written by William Henry Davies

From "The Loneliest Mountain", 1939

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When will it come, that golden time,
   When every man is free?
When who have power to choose their tasks
   Have all their liberty.

They'll sweat and toil who love to feel
   Their muscles swell and move;
While men whose minds are more to them,
   Create the dreams we love.

When will it come, that golden time,
   When every heart must sing?
The power to choose the work we love
   Makes every man a king.

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