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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COMPENSATION, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poet's Biography
First Line: Because I craved a gift too great
Last Line: Nor cheated life with cheaper bliss.
Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs.
Subject(s): Courage; Valor; Bravery
First Line: Because I craved a gift too great
Last Line: Nor cheated life with cheaper bliss.
Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs.
Subject(s): Courage; Valor; Bravery
BECAUSE I craved a gift too great
For any prayer of mine to bring,
To-day with empty hands I go;
Yet must my heart rejoice to know
I did not ask a lesser thing.
Because the goal I sought lay far
In cloud-hid heights, to-day my soul
Goes unaccompanied of its own;
Yet this shall comfort me alone,
I did not seek a nearer goal.
O gift ungained, O goal unwon!
Still am I glad, remembering this,
For all I go unsatisfied,
I have kept faith with joy denied,
Nor cheated life with cheaper bliss.
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