Making the everyday drudgery count...

George Herbert

THE ELIXIR. TEACH me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see, And what I do in anything, To do it as for Thee. ... A man that looks on glass, On it may stay his eye, Or, if he pleaseth, through it pass, And then the heav'n espy. All may of Thee partake ; Nothing can be so mean Which with this tincture (for Thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws, Makes that and th' action fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold ; For that which God doth touch and own Cannot for less be told. Quoted by Julian Hardyman in Maximum Life pg 90