Who drives the horses of the sun Shall lord it but a day; Better the lowly deed were done, And kept the humble way. - John Vance Cheney

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Who drives the horses of the sun Shall lord it but a day; Better the lowly deed were done, And kept the humble way.

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About John Vance Cheney

John Vance Cheney (29 December 1848 – 1 May 1922) was an American poet.

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Not in the time of pleasure
Hope doth set her bow;
But in the sky of sorrow,
Over the vale of woe.

Through gloom and shadow look we
On beyond the years!
The soul would have no rainbow
Had the eyes no tears.

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