Poem by Edith Nesbit

Surrender

   OH, the nights were dark and cold,
      When my love was gone.
   And life was hard to hold
      When my love was gone.
   I was wise, I never gave
   What they teach a girl to save,
   But I wished myself his slave
      When my love was gone.

   I was all alone at night
      When my love came home.
   Oh, what thought of wrong or right
      When my love came home?
   I flung the door back wide
   And I pulled my love inside;
   There was no more shame or pride
      When my love came home.

1. To One Who Pleaded for Candour in Love
2. Love and Knowledge
3. The Stolen God
4. The Eternal
5. A Portrait

Emily Dickinson Surrender ("Doubt me, my dim companion!")

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