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Prayer for Indifference
Fanny Greville (18th century)
I ASK no kind return of love,
No tempting
charm to please;
Far from the heart those gifts remove,
That sighs
for peace and ease.
Nor peace nor ease the heart can know,
That, like the needle
true,
Turns at the touch of joy or woe,
But turning, trembles too.
Far as distress the soul can wound,
'Tis pain in each
degree:
'Tis bliss but to a certain bound,
Beyond is agony.
From: Quiller-Couch, Arthur.
The Oxford Book of Verse. (1900)
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This collection assembled by Jone Johnson Lewis.
Collection © 1999-2002 Jone Johnson Lewis.
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