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SWEETNESS OF REST WHEN THOU SHEDDEST REST, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Waiting to come to the birth
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): End Time; Patience


Sweetness of rest when Thou sheddest rest.
Sweetness of patience till then;
Only the Will of our God is best
For all the millions of men.

For all the millions on earth to-day,
On earth and under the earth;
Waiting for earth to vanish away,
Waiting to come to the birth.





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