Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | | | IV. Comfort and Cheer | | To Myself | | Paul Fleming (1609–1640) |
| | From the German by Catherine Winkworth |
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LET nothing make thee sad or fretful, | |
| Or too regretful; | |
| Be still; | |
| What God hath ordered must be right; | |
| Then find in it thine own delight, | 5 |
| My will. | |
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| Why shouldst thou fill to-day with sorrow | |
| About to-morrow, | |
| My heart? | |
| One watches all with care most true; | 10 |
| Doubt not that he will give thee too | |
| Thy part. | |
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| Only be steadfast; never waver, | |
| Nor seek earth’s favor, | |
| But rest: | 15 |
| Thou knowest what God wills must be | |
| For all his creatures, so for thee, | |
| The best. | | | |
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