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God gives his child upon his slate a sum -- / To find eternity in hours and years; / With both sides covered, back the child doth come, / His dim eyes swollen with shed and unshed tears; / God smiles, wipes clean the upper side and nether, / And says, "Now, dear, we'll do the sum together! "