Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.
‘O to recall!’Stephen Phillips (1868–1915)
O
What to recall?
All the roses under snow?
Not these.
Stars that toward the water go?
Not these.
What to recall?
All the greenness after rain?
Not this.
Joy that gleameth after pain?
Not this.
What to recall?
Not the greenness nor delight,
Not these;
Not the roses out of sight,
Not these.
What to recall?
Not the star in waters red,
Not this:
Laughter of a girl that ’s dead,
O this!