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QUEST by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE PHANTOM HAPPINESS I SOUGHT
Last Line: DESCEND—MY SEARCH IS O'ER.
Subject(s): HAPPINESS; JOY; DELIGHT;
The phantom happiness I sought
O'er every crag and moor;
I paused at every postern gate,
And knocked at every door;

In vain I searched the land and sea,
E'en to the inmost core,
The curtains of eternal night
Descend—my search is o'er.



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