SONNET.
WHAT do I ask of Life? Not careless plee Which dances to the merry lute and 6(e ; Not conquest in the struggle and tht strife; Nor fame whereto the nations bend the kuee; Nor wealth that may have power to shelter me When poverty ant pestilence are rife: I ask for none of these; but iteg of Life This only boon, that I may be with thee. What do I ask of Death! Not endless calm In everlasting meadowy with the breath Of asphodels to bring surcea* of pain; Nor crowns reserved for them that bear the palm And roign triumphant: nought I ask of Death San the old boon, to be with thee again. Ellen Tkornbvcroft Fowler, in the Speaker.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10422, 21 April 1897, Page 3
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122SONNET. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10422, 21 April 1897, Page 3
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