Lost and Found + 

I missed him when the sun began to bend; + 

I found him not when I had lost his rim; + 

With many tears I went in search of him, + 

Climbing high mountains which did still ascend, + 

And gave me echoes when I called my friend; + 

Through cities vast and charnel-houses grim, + 

And high cathedrals where the light was dim, + 

Through books and arts and works without an end, + 

But found him not⁠—the friend whom I had lost. + 

And yet I found him⁠—as I found the lark, + 

A sound in fields I heard but could not mark; + 

I found him nearest when I missed him most; + 

I found him in my heart, a life in frost, + 

A light I knew not till my soul was dark. + 