Love lit a beacon in thine eyes,
And I out in the storm,
And lo! the night had taken wings;
I dream me safe and warm.

Love lit a beacon in thine eyes,
A wreckers' light for me;
My heart is broken on the rocks;
I perish in the sea.

(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