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George Willis Cooke, comp. The Poets of Transcendentalism: An Anthology. 1903.

The Heart’s Cure

Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848)

“HEART, heart, lie still!

Life is fleeting fast,

Strife will soon be past.”

“I cannot lie still,

Beat strong I will.”

“Heart, heart, lie still!

Joy’s but joy, and pain ’s but pain,

Either, little loss or gain.”

“I cannot lie still,

Beat strong I will.”

“Heart, heart, lie still!

Heaven is over all,

Rules this earthly ball.”

“I cannot lie still,

Beat strong I will.”

“Heart, heart, lie still!

Heaven’s sweet grace alone

Can keep in peace its own.”

“Let that me fill,

And I am still.”