Why stay on the earth except to grow.
In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an itch for the praise of fools - that's vanity
Was there nought better than to enjoy? No feat which, done, would make time break, And let us pent-up creatures through Into eternity, our due? No forcing earth teach heaven's employ?
I say, the acknowledgment of God in ChristAccepted by thy reason, solves for theeAll questions in the earth and out of it,And has so far advanced thee to be wise.
Earth being so good, would heaven seem best?
Fair or foul the lot apportioned life on earth, we bear alike.
The heavens and earth stay as they were; my heart Beats as it beat: the truth remains the truth.
Earth is crammed with heavens.
It 's wiser being good than bad; It 's safer being meek than fierce; It 's fitter being sane than mad. My own hope is, a sun will pierce The thickest cloud earth ever stretched; That after Last returns the First, Though a wide compass round be fetched;
Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.