SEEKING.
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That through shade and sunny weather
Have twined about my heart,
Should fade, we must go together,
For we can never part!'
But my care was not availing,
I found their sweetness gone;
I saw their bright tints paling;—
They died; yet I lived on.
Have twined about my heart,
Should fade, we must go together,
For we can never part!'
But my care was not availing,
I found their sweetness gone;
I saw their bright tints paling;—
They died; yet I lived on.
"Yet seeking, ever seeking,
Like the children, I have won
A guerdon all undreamt of,
When first my quest begun.
And my thoughts come back like wanderers,
Out-wearied, to my breast;
What they sought for long they found not,
Yet was the Unsought best.
For I sought not out for crosses,
I did not seek for pain;
Yet I find the heart's sore losses
Were the spirit's surest gain."
Like the children, I have won
A guerdon all undreamt of,
When first my quest begun.
And my thoughts come back like wanderers,
Out-wearied, to my breast;
What they sought for long they found not,
Yet was the Unsought best.
For I sought not out for crosses,
I did not seek for pain;
Yet I find the heart's sore losses
Were the spirit's surest gain."
