Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A RECOMPENSE, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: I raised my hands against my fate Last Line: And blessed the god above. Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement | ||||||||
I RAISED my hands against my fate, I struck her frowning brows between; "I will be good, I will be great, No matter what has been. "What care I if before my time Dead men their passions left to me? Can I not tune my life to rhyme From discord played by thee?" She struck my pencil from my grasp, And here my first ambition ends. How bitterly the loss unmans! She had so many friends. Love saw my battle and was glad; For love's sweet sake I struggled on, Till love grew tired loving, then I cursed the sun that shone. "I'll strive no more against my fate," I said, "I will give up, go down" But friendship caught my idle hands And would not let me drown. For friendship's sake I tried once more, Till love stole friendship from my side; I cursed the friend that gained the boon That was to me denied. The hound that followed at my heel Looked up with eyes so full of love I kissed the curly brows between And blessed the God above. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BALLAD OF MARJORIE by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER A BALLAD OF THE WAILING GHOST by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER A BIRD FROM THE WEST by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER A CARELESS HEART by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER A CATHOLIC TO HIS ULSTER BROTHER by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER A CHILD'S SONG by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER A CRY IN THE WORLD by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER A FAIRY PRINCE by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER A LITTLE DOG by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER A LOST FLOWER by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER |
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