Dwell deep! The little things that chafe and fret,
O waste not golden hours to give them heed!
The slight, the thoughtless wrong, do thou forget,
Be self-forgot in serving others' need.
Thou faith in God through love for man shalt keep.
Dwell deep, my soul, dwell deep.
Dwell deep! Forego the pleasure if it bring
Neglect of duty; consecrate each thought;
Believe thou in the good of everything,
And trust that all unto the wisest end is wrought.
Bring thou this comfort unto all who weep:
Dwell deep, my soul, dwell deep.
--James Buckham.
Out from thyself, thyself depart;
God then shall fill thine empty heart;
Cast from thy soul life's selfish dream--
In flows the Godhead's living stream.
--Scheffler, tr. by Frederic Rowland Marvin.