J. C. Squire, ed. A Book of Women’s Verse. 1921.
By Anna Bunston De BaryThe Snowdrop
C
There can be seen
A thought of God
In white and green.
It cleft the clay,
Serene, unspoiled
It views the day.
And yet so lowly.
Would you enjoy
Its grace and dower
And not destroy
The living flower?
Then you must, please,
Fall on your knees.