| W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895. | | | | Mary to Jesus in the House | | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| | | O MASTER! when Thou comest it is always | |
| A Sabbath in the house. I cannot work: | |
| I must sit at Thy feet; must see Thee, hear Thee! | |
| I have a feeble, wayward, doubting heart, | |
| Incapable of endurance or great thoughts, | 5 |
| Striving for something that it cannot reach, | |
| Baffled and disappointed, wounded, hungry; | |
| And only when I hear Thee am I happy, | |
| And only when I see Thee am at peace. | |
| Stronger than I, and wiser and far better | 10 |
| In every manner is my sister Martha, | |
| Thou seest how well she orders everything | |
| To make Thee welcome, how she comes and goes, | |
| Careful and cumber’d ever with much serving, | |
| While I but welcome Thee with foolish words! | 15 |
| Whene’er Thou speakest to me I am happy; | |
| When Thou art silent I am satisfied. | |
| Thy presence is enough. I ask no more. | |
| Only to be with Thee, only to see Thee, | |
| Sufficeth me. My heart is then at rest. | 20 | | | |
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