The Diary of an Old Soul

Daily Readings by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)

August 2

It will be so—ah, so it is not now!

Who seeks thee for a little lazy peace,

Then, like a man all weary of the plough,

That leaves it standing in the furrow's crease,

Turns from thy presence for a foolish while,

Till comes again the rasp of unrest's file,

From liberty is distant many a mile.