John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
John Sullivan Dwight 1813-1893 John Bartlett
| 1 |
| Is not true leisure One with true toil? |
| Rest. 1 Stanza 1. |
| 2 |
| Rest is not quitting The busy career, Rest is the fitting Of self to one’s sphere. |
| Rest. 2 Stanza 4. |
| 3 |
| ’T is the brook’s motion, Clear without strife, Fleeing to ocean After its life. |
| Rest. 3 Stanza 5. |
| 4 |
| ’T is loving and serving The Highest and Best! ’T is onwards! unswerving, And that is true rest. |
| Rest. 4 Stanza 7. |
| 5 |
| Work, and thou wilt bless the day Ere the toil be done; They that work not, can not pray, Can not feel the sun. God is living, working still, All things work and move; Work, or lose the power to will, Lose the power to love. |
| Working. |
| Note 1. See Cowper, page 415: Absence of occupation is not rest. This poem is often attributed to Goethe. [back] |
| Note 2. See Cowper, page 415: Absence of occupation is not rest. This poem is often attributed to Goethe. [back] |
| Note 3. See Cowper, page 415: Absence of occupation is not rest. This poem is often attributed to Goethe. [back] |
| Note 4. See Cowper, page 415: Absence of occupation is not rest. This poem is often attributed to Goethe. [back] |