Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The Worlds Best Poetry. Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | IV. Comfort and Cheer | To Myself | Paul Fleming (16091640) |
| From the German by Catherine Winkworth |
| 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 earths favor, | |
But rest: | 15 |
Thou knowest what God wills must be | |
For all his creatures, so for thee, | |
The best. | | |
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