Rest (The Disciple)

Rest (The Disciple)

(The Saviour of the World, Vol II Book II Poem XXVI)

Peace and good will! glory and peace! sweet peace!
A grateful cadence falls on quiet soul
As liquid plash of oar on waters cool:
And life’s long straining and endeavour cease;
From turbulent desire comes release;
And restless thought is under perfect rule,
Sitting, meek scholar, in the Master’s school,
In hope that to the meek shall scope increase:—
HE shall not strive nor cry, nor in the street,
For any due of His, shall lift His voice;—
But One among the sons of men is meet
For the mild glory of this praise: Rejoice,
When cries are hush’d in thee, strife at an end,—
The King holds court within—My soul, attend!

Isaiah xlii. 2