The Soul's Quest

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DAY after day,

As I have wandered thro' the fields of life-
Gay, happy fields, bright with the sun and sky-
Flower after flower

Has bloomed beside my path;

And I have gathered them, a long-loved handful, Which I offer now

To the unpitying, cruel-laughing world.

And some are gay,

Sparkling with joy and the bright sun of hope;
And some are sad,

Dipped in the crimson of the setting sun,
Or blasted by the cold of winter winds;
But all the roots

Are down, far down, within the spirit's depths,
Amid the voiceless shadows of the soul,

And each has sprung

From the warm life-blood throbbing in my heart.

THE SOUL'S QUEST

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