 | Verses by W. H. Mallock |  |
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LINES WRITTEN AT CALAIS TO V. C. IN THE SOUTH OF EUROPE
‘Is there a wish for which you dare not pray?
Then pray to God to take that wish away.’
Then pray to God to take that wish away.’
Yesterday a cloudless sky was glowing,
All the flowers were flowering yesterday;
And to-day a bitter east is blowing,
Flowerless all the flowers, the skies are grey.
Yesterday there breathed a life beside me—
Now the lips and eyes are far away.
Deep in memories of the past I hide me,
And I pray for her, whate'er betide me,
Every wish for which I dare to pray.
| Verses by W. H. Mallock | |