| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1150. Work |
| | | By Louis James Block |
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| AH, blessedness of work! the aimless mind, | |
| Left to pursue at will its fancies wild, | |
| Returns at length, like some play-wearied child, | |
| Unto its labor’s knee, and leaves behind | |
| Its little games, and learns to soothe its blind | 5 |
| Wide longings in the sweet tranquillity | |
| Of limited tasks, whose mild successions wind | |
| In pauseless waves unto the distant sea; | |
| For blank infinity is cold as ice, | |
| And drear the void of space unsown with stars, | 10 |
| And dolorous the barren line of shore; | |
| Therefore it was with lover-like device | |
| This lower world was built, through whose cleft bars | |
| The limitless sun of Truth shines more and more. | |
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