Poem by Dora Sigerson Shorter

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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.

1. The Sacred Fire
2. In Any Garden
3. Death of Gormlaith
4. All-Souls' Night
5. I Have Been to Hy-Brasail

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