OUR PRESENT NEED.
Pray, give us rest. A little rest
From peace-destroying hurry;
A moment of the quietest,
As balm for work and worry.
Pray, give us rest. A little rest
For people and for nation;
A moment's time to stop and test
The purpose of creation.
—Wm. J. Lampton.
1646
Rest is sweet to those who labor.
—Plutarch.
1647
Take Rest.—A field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.
—Ovid.