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Famous Quest For Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Quest For poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous quest for poems. These examples illustrate what a famous quest for poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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by Montgomery, Lucy Maud
...spice of musk and lavender
Along its winding alleys shed. 

Outside are shadeless, troubled streets
And souls that quest for gold and gain,
Lips that have long forgot to smile
And hearts that burn and ache with pain. 

But here is all the sweet of dreams,
The grace of prayer, the boon of rest, 
The spirit of old songs and loves
Dwells in this garden blossom-blest. 

Here would I linger for a space,
And walk herein with memory; 
The world will pass me as it may
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by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
...resolve 
To pass away into the quiet life, 
He answered not, but, sharply turning, asked 
Of Gawain, "Gawain, was this Quest for thee?" 

`"Nay, lord," said Gawain, "not for such as I. 
Therefore I communed with a saintly man, 
Who made me sure the Quest was not for me; 
For I was much awearied of the Quest: 
But found a silk pavilion in a field, 
And merry maidens in it; and then this gale 
Tore my pavilion from the tenting-pin, 
And blew my merry maidens all about 
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