The Joy of Work

Give us, oh, give us, the man who sings at his work!
He will do more in the same time, - he will do it better, -
he will persevere longer. One is scarcely sensible
of fatigue whilst he marches to music. The very stars
are said to make harmony as they resolve in their spheres.
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, altogether past
calculation in its power of endurance. Efforts, to be
permanently useful, must be uniformly joyous, a spirit
all sunshine, graceful from very gladness, beautiful
because bright. [Thomas Carlyle]