{"product_id":"2940012828033","title":"The Ballad of The Quest","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The Ballad of the Quest\u003cbr\u003e  A Song of Poppies\u003cbr\u003e  The Shepherd Wind\u003cbr\u003e  In Solitude\u003cbr\u003e  The Slumber Angel\u003cbr\u003e  At Midnight\u003cbr\u003e  Dreams\u003cbr\u003e  A Southern Lullaby\u003cbr\u003e  When Jonquils Blow\u003cbr\u003e  Lament\u003cbr\u003e  The Sea\u003cbr\u003e  The Cry\u003cbr\u003e  The Bridge of Dreams\u003cbr\u003e  The Shells\u003cbr\u003e  Requiem\u003cbr\u003e  The Crosses\u003cbr\u003e  The Lonely Road\u003cbr\u003e  To One Who Sleeps\u003cbr\u003e  April Again!\u003cbr\u003e  Histories\u003cbr\u003e  Fireflies\u003cbr\u003e  The Vanished\u003cbr\u003e  Pathfinders\u003cbr\u003e  The Call\u003cbr\u003e  Before the Dawn\u003cbr\u003e  The Fairy Clock\u003cbr\u003e  The Temple\u003cbr\u003e  The Whistler\u003cbr\u003e  March\u003cbr\u003e  On Silver Nights\u003cbr\u003e  The Birth-Right\u003cbr\u003e  A Love Song\u003cbr\u003e  A Song\u003cbr\u003e  The Night of all Saints\u003cbr\u003e  In the Last Year\u003cbr\u003e  Ships\u003cbr\u003e  June\u003cbr\u003e  October Goes\u003cbr\u003e  The Lily-Pond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE BALLAD OF THE QUEST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"Some day,\" I said, \"before Life is over,\u003cbr\u003e  I will shut my house door, and will be a rover.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Under the sky where the great stars roll,\u003cbr\u003e  I will search for my faith, and search for my soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  I have fared without them this many a day\u003cbr\u003e  Through the market-place of the world's high-way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The truth I gave in exchange for a lie,\u003cbr\u003e  And I bartered my dreams to a passer-by.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  I have met Delilah,--her enchantments I know\u003cbr\u003e  As the man of strength knew them ages ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Fool's gold and fool's joy have been my reaping,\u003cbr\u003e  And my heart has nothing that's worth the keeping.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  But the world is wide and the world is free,\u003cbr\u003e  And the things I have lost may come back to me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  I will follow the path of the bird that flies,\u003cbr\u003e  And look for a woman with honest eyes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  If I travel hard, and travel alone,\u003cbr\u003e  I may overtake Peace, and make it my own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Only the Sun and the Moon's sweet light\u003cbr\u003e  Shall mark my day, or measure my night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Silks and satins and embroidered things,\u003cbr\u003e  I'll exchange for blossoms and butter-flies' wings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  And under a thorn-hedge I will dine\u003cbr\u003e  On a handful of berries, as red as wine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Or I'll earn my bread on the out-bound ships,\u003cbr\u003e  With the sun in my eyes, and salt on my lips.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  And for the softness of beds and pillows,\u003cbr\u003e  I'll take a hammock that swings with the billows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  It may be the trail will lead me afar\u003cbr\u003e  To mountain paths, where the wild sheep are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Or with simple people, and free from guile,\u003cbr\u003e  I will pitch my tent and will rest awhile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  I am weary of softness and things of ease,\u003cbr\u003e  And weary of Scribes, and of Pharisees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  On a morning road where the wind is strong,\u003cbr\u003e  I may learn again to whistle a song.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Down forest paths, or the ways of the sea,\u003cbr\u003e  My soul and my faith may come back to me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  And always and ever beneath the skies,\u003cbr\u003e  I will look for a woman with honest eyes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  I will follow no will at all but my own,\u003cbr\u003e  And the road I take I will take alone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"Some day,\" I said, \"before Life is over,\u003cbr\u003e  I will shut my house door, and will be a rover.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175561314544,"sku":"2940012828033","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012828033_p0.jpg?v=1763572762","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012828033","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}