“For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.”
"The Peace of Wild Things" in Green River Review, No. 1 (1968).
Context: I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
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General sources
Source: Wyrd Sisters
“The world is growing old;
Who would not be at rest and free
Where love is never cold?”
Paradise.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Source: Five Point Someone - What not to do at IIT! (2004), P. 215
“I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.”
“I am free of the busy world
There is not a doubt in my heart or a worry to disturb my mind”
Cold Mountain Transcendental Poetry
Context: Today I sat before the cliff
Until the mist and rainbows disappeared
I followed the emerald stream
Explored a thousand tiers of green cliffs
In the morning my spirit rests among white clouds
At night a bright moon floats in the sky
I am free of the busy world
There is not a doubt in my heart or a worry to disturb my mind
“I am Time, the great destroyer of the world”
Bhagavad Gita 11.32
Sources, Veda Vyasa Maharshi