Page 716. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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

Page 716

Joseph Edwards Carpenter. (1813– ?) (continued)

7162

    Yes! but there’s something greater
  That speaks to the heart alone:
’T is the voice of the great Creator
  Dwells in that mighty tone.

What are the wild Waves saying? Refrain.

Michael J. Barry. (c. 1813– ?)

7163

    But whether on the scaffold high
  Or in the battle’s van,
The fittest place where man can die
  Is where he dies for man!

The Dublin Nation, Sept. 28, 1844, Vol. ii. p. 809.

John Sullivan Dwight. (1813–1893)

7164

Is not true leisure
One with true toil?

Rest. 1 Stanza 1.

7165

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

Rest. 2 Stanza 4.

7166

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

Rest. 3 Stanza 5.

7167

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

Rest. 4 Stanza 7.

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]