Wednesday, October 1, 2008

The self-surrender

The Self - Surrender


A leaflet - fallen, torn!



A flower - faded, pale!
A heart - broken, forlorn!



O! I am borne on the gale!!

Or, tosst on the shore



Like a shell fragile,
None heeding my sore
Nor greeting my smile!

-The Elphinstonian, July 1924 issue

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