The Ballad of the Quest

The Ballad of the Quest is a collection of poems written by Virna Sheard. Sheard was a Canadian poet and novelist. Excerpt:
"I love red poppies! Imperial red poppies!
Sun-worshippers are they;
Gladly as trees live through a hundred summers
They live one little day.
I love red poppies! Impassioned scarlet poppies!
Even their strange perfume
Seems like an essence brewed by fairy people,
From an immortal bloom."