Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TRUE REST, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE


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TRUE REST, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Rest is not quitting
Last Line: And this is true rest.
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


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

'Tis the brook's motion
Clear without strife,
Fleeting to ocean,
After this life.

'Tis loving and serving,
The highest and best;
'Tis onward, unswerving,
And this is true rest.





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