"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...PARAGRAPHS: 9 by HAYDEN CARRUTH JASPER by DONALD (GRADY) DAVIDSON SPRINGTIDE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE BLACK MAMMY by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON IMPRESSIONS OF FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET (DE VOLTAIRE) by EZRA POUND ANOTHER DARK LADY by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON |