John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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Joseph Edwards Carpenter. (1813– ?) (continued) |
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Yes! but there’s something greater That speaks to the heart alone: ’T is the voice of the great Creator Dwells in that mighty tone. |
What are the wild Waves saying? Refrain. |
Michael J. Barry. (c. 1813– ?) |
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But whether on the scaffold high Or in the battle’s van, The fittest place where man can die Is where he dies for man! |
The Dublin Nation, Sept. 28, 1844, Vol. ii. p. 809. |
John Sullivan Dwight. (1813–1893) |
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Is not true leisure One with true toil? |
Rest. 1 Stanza 1. |
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Rest is not quitting The busy career, Rest is the fitting Of self to one’s sphere. |
Rest. 2 Stanza 4. |
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’T is the brook’s motion, Clear without strife, Fleeing to ocean After its life. |
Rest. 3 Stanza 5. |
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’T is loving and serving The Highest and Best! ’T is onwards! unswerving, And that is true rest. |
Rest. 4 Stanza 7. |
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] |