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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO HERITAGES, by MARY BUIRGY
First Line: Someone left a willful wish to me
Last Line: That willful wish is worth the pain.
Subject(s): Wishes
First Line: Someone left a willful wish to me
Last Line: That willful wish is worth the pain.
Subject(s): Wishes
Someone left a willful wish to me,
A wish to dance beneath the night
While tomtoms drum a heathen chant
And stars look dim by firelight.
And someone left a body, frail
As misty clouds of Springtime rain.
I have them both. I do not sigh.
That willful wish is worth the pain.
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