Defeat
Between the grey monotony of sky
And darker grey monotony of sea
A solitary seagull passes by,
Beating the air, and screaming plaintively.
And even so – between grey yesterdays,
Before your coming waked my dreaming heart,
And darker grey to-morrows, when our ways
Must lie forever half a world apart –
I take my way on wings that feebly beat
Against the adverse winds of circumstance,
My heart, rebellious at this last defeat,
Screaming defiance at the gods of chance.
~~
Constance Woodrow (1899-1937)
from The Captive Gypsy, 1928
[Poem is in the public domain in Canada and the European Union]
Constance Woodrow biography
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