Let there be an end
And all be done;
Pass over, fair eclipse,
That hides the sun.

Dear face that shades the light
And shadows me,
Begone, and give me peace,
And set me free.

(C) Dora Sigerson Shorter
03/10/2020


Best Poems of Dora Sigerson Shorter

• The White Witch
• Distant Voices
• Vale
• An Imperfect Revolution
• When You Are On The Sea
• A Bird From The West
• Death Of Gormlaith
• An Eastern God
• The Rape Of The Barons Wine
• An Irish Blackbird
• I Am The World
• The Scallop Shell
• At Christmas Time
• The Blow Returned
• The Wreckage
• A Meadow Tragedy
• A Little Dog
• The Skeleton In The Cupboard
• A Ballad Of Marjorie
• The Suicides Grave
• Questions