John Sullivan Dwight. 1813-1893. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

John Sullivan Dwight. (1813–1893)

Is not true leisure
One with true toil?

Rest. 1 Stanza 1.

    Rest is not quitting
  The busy career,
Rest is the fitting
  Of self to one’s sphere.

Rest. 2 Stanza 4.

    ’T is the brook’s motion,
  Clear without strife,
Fleeing to ocean
  After its life.

Rest. 3 Stanza 5.

    ’T is loving and serving
  The Highest and Best!
’T is onwards! unswerving,
  And that is true rest.

Rest. 4 Stanza 7.

    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]

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