I prayed so eagerly,
"Turn and see
How bitter I have striven-
A word and all forgiven."
I prayed so eagerly.

I prayed so eagerly-
Not to be,
You turned and passed. Good-bye!
Fates smile for me, dreamed I-
Yet I prayed eagerly.

(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