Stanza & Story

September 10, 2018

“Quest” by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880 – 1966)

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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