English Poetry. Robert William Service. The Quest. Роберт Уильям Сервис.

Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис)

The Quest

I sought Him on the purple seas,
I sought Him on the peaks aflame;
Amid the gloom of giant trees
And canyons lone I called His name;
The wasted ways of earth I trod:
In vain! In vain! I found not God.

I sought Him in the hives of men,
The cities grand, the hamlets gray,
The temples old beyond my ken,
The tabernacles of to-day;
All life that is, from cloud to clod
I sought... Alas! I found not God.

Then after roamings far and wide,
In streets and seas and deserts wild,
I came to stand at last beside
The death-bed of my little child.
Lo! as I bent beneath the rod
I raised my eyes... and there was God.

Robert William Service’s other poems:

1. Spanish Women
2. Abandoned Dog
3. The Prospector
4. The Sceptic
5. Playboy

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

Aleister Crowley (Алистер Кроули) The Quest (“A part, immutable, unseen”)

Eleanor Farjeon (Элинор Фарджон) The Quest (“A Knight rides forth upon a Quest”)

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