Dominic Sedgewick and Dylan Perez - Ask Me To Rest

Ask me to rest when I can show the world that I have toiled
Then will I heed thy plea
But now - with nothing done - I must go on
I pray, I pray thee ask it not of me!
Ask me to rest when every voice I hear speaks happiness
Then will I heed thy plea
But now - with nothing done - I could not rest
My heart would break with pent up agony
Ask me to rest when Hate and Greed are stilled
When Warfare's o'er
Then will I heed thy plea
But now - that these are here - I must resist
In setting man, thus bound, at liberty!

Written by:
Samuel Barber

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