Sara Teasdale, comp. (1884–1933).
The Answering Voice: One Hundred Love Lyrics by Women. 1917. | | | | “Less Than the Dust” | | By Laurence Hope |
| | | LESS than the dust, beneath thy Chariot wheel, | |
| Less than the rust, that never stained thy Sword, | |
| Less than the trust thou hast in me, O Lord, | |
| Even less than these! | |
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| Less than the weed, that grows beside thy door, | 5 |
| Less than the speed of hours spent far from thee, | |
| Less than the need thou hast in life of me. | |
| Even less am I. | |
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| Since I, O Lord, am nothing unto thee, | |
| See here thy Sword, I make it keen and bright, | 10 |
| Love’s last reward, Death, comes to me to-night, | |
| Farewell, Zahir-u-din. | | | | |
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