QUIET.
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When he giveth quietness, who can then make trouble?—Job, xxxiv. 29.
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.—Proverbs, i. 33.
For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.—Isaiah, xxx. 15.
Quiet, Lord, my froward heart, Make me teachable and mild, Upright, simple, free from art, Make me as a weaned child, From distrust and envy free, Pleased with all that pleases Thee. Newton.
If there be a heaven so fair O’er us ever shining, We shall never enter there By looking up and pining. In one holy, quiet thought, Heaven to us is nearer brought, Than in all the radiance bright, Of a thousand worlds of light. J. Gostick.
Come to thy lonely bower, thou who dost love The hour of musing. Come, before the brow Of twilight darkens, or the solemn stars Look from their casement, ’mid that hush of soul, Music from viewless harps shall visit thee, Such as thou never heard’st amid the din Of earth’s coarse enginery, by toil and care Urged on without reprieve: Ah! kneel and catch That tuneful cadence. How closely wrapt In quiet slumber are all things around, The vine-leaf and the willow-fringe stir not, Nor doth the chirping of the feeblest bird, Nor even the cold glance of the vestal moon, Disturb thy reverie. Mrs. Sigourney.