Fanny Greville (18th cent.). Prayer for Indifference. J. C. Squire, ed. 1921. A Book of Women's Verse

J. C. Squire, ed. A Book of Women’s Verse. 1921.

Prayer for Indifference

By Fanny Greville (18th cent.)


I ASK no kind return in Love;
No tempting charm to please;
Far from the heart such gifts remove,
That sighs for peace and ease.

Nor ease, nor peace, that heart can know,	5
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;	10
’Tis bliss but to a certain bound,
Beyond—is agony.