"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...CAROL: NEW STYLE by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET NOTES FOR THE FIRST LINE OF A SPANISH POEM by JAMES GALVIN HOPE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 9 by JAMES JOYCE THE DOLL BELIEVERS by CLARENCE MAJOR CHARLOTTE CORDAY (REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL, JULY 17, 1793) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |