“Thou hadst, for weary feet, the gift of rest.”
— William Watson, "Wordsworth's Grave", II, Stanza 3, in Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1890), p. 13.“Father Abbot, I am come to lay my weary bones among you.”
— Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, at Leicester Abbey (Nov. 26, 1529).“For too much rest itself becomes a pain.”
— Homer, The Odyssey, Book XV, line 429. Pope's translation.“Da requiem; requietus ager bene credita reddit.”
— Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.“Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.”
— Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
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