| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 360. The Quest |
| By James H. Cousins |
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| THEY said: ‘She dwelleth in some place apart, | |
| Immortal Truth, within whose eyes | |
| Who looks may find the secret of the skies | |
| And healing for life’s smart!’ | |
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| I sought Her in loud caverns underground,— | 5 |
| On heights where lightnings flashed and fell; | |
| I scaled high Heaven; I stormed the gates of Hell, | |
| But Her I never found | |
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| Till thro’ the tumults of my Quest I caught | |
| A whisper: ‘Here, within thy heart, | 10 |
| I dwell; for I am thou: behold, thou art | |
| The Seeker—and the Sought.’ | |
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