Come, rest awhile, and let us idly stray <br />In glimmering valleys, cool and far away. <br /> <br />Come from the greedy mart, the troubled street, <br />And listen to the music, faint and sweet, <br /> <br />That echoes ever to a listening ear, <br />Unheard by those who will not pause to hear <br /> <br />The wayward chimes of memory's pensive bells, <br />Wind-blown o'er misty hills and curtained dells. <br /> <br />One step aside and dewy buds unclose <br />The sweetness of the violet and the rose; <br /> <br />Song and romance still linger in the green, <br />Emblossomed ways by you so seldom seen, <br /> <br />And near at hand, would you but see them, lie <br />All lovely things beloved in days gone by. <br /> <br />You have forgotten what it is to smile <br />In your too busy lifecome, rest awhile.<br /><br />Lucy Maud Montgomery<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/come-rest-awhile/
