How very small is the little plant that springs up from the acorn and how slowly it grows. And yet by growing a little each day, and year by year, it finally becomes a mighty oak and the birds sing in its branches and many cattle repose in its shade.
Songs of assiduity
Song Cycle by Rick Sowash (b. 1950)
1. How very small  [sung text checked 1 time]
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- by Marcius Willson (1813 - 1905)
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2. Coral insects  [sung text checked 1 time]
There are little coral insects that begin to work down on the bottom of the ocean. They build there cell after cell, one upon another, like little grains of sand. But day by day, and year by year, these little insects keep cheerfully toiling on, never stopping to rest or play until, at length, their rocky dwellings reach above the water. And in this way beautiful islands are formed and men go and dwell on them.
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- by Marcius Willson (1813 - 1905)
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3. A thoughtful boy  [sung text checked 1 time]
Little by little, and lesson by lesson I will gather up the knowledge which I find in books and in the world around me, said a thoughtful boy. And by learning a little every day and learning it well, he became, at length, a wise and useful man, honored and respected by all who knew him.
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- by Marcius Willson (1813 - 1905)
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