To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and — A.E. Housman, More Poems
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To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and which is worseI know not, but I know that both are ill.

— A.E. Housman, More Poems
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