John Sullivan Dwight

thumb|John Sullivan Dwight John Sullivan Dwight (13 May 1813 – 5 September 1893) was a Unitarian minister, transcendentalist and was America's first influential classical music critic. Quotes Work, and thou wilt bless the dayEre the toil be done;They that work not, can not pray,Can not feel the sun.God is living, working still,All things work and move;Work, or lose the power to will,Lose the power to love. Working. Rest Note: This poem is often attributed to Goethe. Is not true leisureOne with true toil? Stanza 1. Compare: "Absence of occupation is not rest", William Cowper, Retirement, line 623. Rest is not quittingThe busy career,Rest is the fittingOf self to one's sphere. Stanza 4. 'T is the brook's motion,Clear without strife,Fleeing to oceanAfter its life. Stanza 5. 'T is loving and servingThe Highest and Best!'T is onwards! unswerving,And that is true rest. Stanza 7. External links Detailed biography Category:Clergy Category:People from Boston Category:Music critics Category:1893 deaths Category:Journalists