Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PEACE, by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL Poet's Biography First Line: Tis not in seeking Last Line: Lo! Peace is here. Alternate Author Name(s): Hedbrooke, Andrew Subject(s): Peace; Transcendentalism | ||||||||
'T IS not in seeking, 'T is not in endless striving, Thy quest is found: Be still and listen; Be still and drink the quiet Of all around. Not for thy crying, Not for thy loud beseeching, Will peace draw near: Rest with palms folded; Rest with thine eyelids fallen -- Lo! peace is here. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHY MIRA CAN'T GO BACK TO HER OLD HOUSE by MIRABAI MY LIFE by HENRY DAVID THOREAU RUMORS FROM AN AEOLIAN HARP by HENRY DAVID THOREAU ODE TO A BUTTERFLY by THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON THE HEART'S CURE by ELLEN STURGIS HOOPER THE HOUSE OF REST by JULIA WARD HOWE SONNET: 8. TO M. W., ON HER BIRTHDAY by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL A MORNING THOUGHT by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL |
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