Are you searching
James Allen 1864 (Leicester) – 1912 (Ilfracombe)
Are you searching for the happiness that does not fade away?
Are you looking for the joy that lives, and leaves no grievous day?
Are you panting for the waterbrooks of Love, and Life, and Peace?
Then let all dark desires depart, and selfish seeking cease.
Are you ling’ring in the paths of pain, grief-haunted, stricken sore ?
Are you wand’ring in the ways that wound your weary feet the more ?
Are you sighing for the Resting-Place where tears and sorrows cease ?
Then sacrifice the heart of self, and find the Heart of Peace.
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Submitted by JokerGem on February 11, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | AABB CCBB |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 532 |
| Words | 101 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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