Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE PLACE OF JOY, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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THE PLACE OF JOY, by                    
First Line: The pilgrim sought the garden of delight
Last Line: "until contentment blossoms in the breast."
Subject(s): Doubt; Happiness; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Skepticism; Joy; Delight


The pilgrim sought the garden of delight
And wandered through doubt's desert lands and night,
Until, heartsore and broken by the quest,
He moaned the cynic's creed of earthly blight.

Then spake the Voice: "Be satisfied and rest;
Then will the long-sought goal be manifest—
Joy blooms not in the vale or on the height
Until contentment blossoms in the breast."





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