Dora Sigerson Shorter

1866-1918 / Ireland

I Prayed So Eagerly

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. Goodbye!
Fates smile for me, dreamed I—
Yet I prayed eagerly.
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