Poetry Archives

“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.”—