Violin Song
Violin Song
Original Text
Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1919 and Year Book of American Poetry, ed. William Stanley Braithwaite (Boston: Small, Maynard, 1919): 43. PS 614 B7 1919 Robarts Library
1The thing that I am seeking
2 I know I shall not find;
3A wistful voice is crying
4 This sorrow in my mind.
5I know I shall not find it
6 However far I go,
7But I shall always seek it --
8 My heart has told me so.
9Though I must always wander
10 I do not find it sweet;
11There is no journey's ending
12 To draw my restless feet.
13There is no distant vision
14 To help me on my way;
15I know my quest is hopeless
16 And yet I may not stay.
17The thing that I am seeking
18 Should not be far to seek.
19I hear this haunting echo
20 Through every word I speak.
21So I shall always seek it
22 Down all the roads I go,
23But I shall never find it --
24 My heart has told me so.
Publication Start Year
1919
Publication Notes
In Sun Books and Book World.
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
2003
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