"I thought your search was over." -- "So I thought." -- "But you are seeking still." -- "Yes, even so: Still seeking in mine own despite below That which in Heaven alone is found unsought; Still spending for that thing which is not bought." -- "Then chase no more this shifting empty show." -- "Amen: so bid a drowning man forego The straw he clutches; will he so be taught? You have a home where peace broods like a dove Screened from the weary world's loud discontent, You have home here, you wait for home above: I must unlearn the pleasant ways I went, Must learn another hope, another love, And sigh indeed for home in banishment." -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEN WHO MARCH AWAY' (SONG OF THE SOLDIERS) by THOMAS HARDY MY BIRD by EMILY CHUBBUCK JUDSON LOVE'S JUSTIFICATION by MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI NOREMBEGA by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE BLUEBELLS OF NEW ENGLAND by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |