Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume IV. The Higher Life. 1904. | | | | I. The Divine Element—(God, Christ, the Holy Spirit) | | “Art thou weary?” | | Saint Stephen the Sabaite (725–796) |
| | From the Latin by John Mason Neale |
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ART thou weary, art thou languid, | |
| Art thou sore distressed? | |
| “Come to Me,” saith One, “and coming, | |
| Be at rest.” | |
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| Hath He marks to lead me to Him, | 5 |
| If He be my Guide? | |
| “In His feet and hands are wound-prints, | |
| And His side.” | |
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| Is there diadem, as Monarch, | |
| That His brow adorns? | 10 |
| “Yea, a crown, in very surety, | |
| But of thorns.” | |
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| If I find Him, if I follow, | |
| What His guerdon here? | |
| “Many a sorrow, many a labor, | 15 |
| Many a tear.” | |
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| If I still hold closely to Him, | |
| What hath He at last? | |
| “Sorrow vanquished, labor ended, | |
| Jordan passed.” | 20 |
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| If I ask Him to receive me, | |
| Will He say me nay? | |
| “Not till earth, and not till heaven | |
| Pass away.” | |
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| Finding, following, keeping, struggling, | 25 |
| Is He sure to bless? | |
| “Saints, apostles, prophets, martyrs, | |
| Answer, Yes.” | | | |
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