| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Massachusetts Poets. 1922. |
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| Roadside Rest |
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| SUCH quiet sleep has come to them! | |
| The Springs and Autumns pass, | |
| Nor do they know if it be snow | |
| Or daisies in the grass. | |
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| All day the birches bend to hear | 5 |
| The river’s undertone; | |
| Across the hush a fluting thrush | |
| Sings even-song alone. | |
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| But down their dream there drifts no sound, | |
| The winds may sob and stir: | 10 |
| On the still breast of Peace they rest | |
| And they are glad of her. | |
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| They ask not any gift—they mind | |
| Nor any foot that fares, | |
| Unheededly life passes by— | 15 |
| Such quiet sleep is theirs. | |
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