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PEACE by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL

First Line: TIS NOT IN SEEKING
Last Line: LO! PEACE IS HERE.
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.



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