Dreamers and Other Poems

<p><SPAN name="HEART_OF_A_HUNDRED_SORROWS" id="HEART_OF_A_HUNDRED_SORROWS"></SPAN>HEART OF A HUNDRED SORROWS</p> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Oh, Heart of a Hundred Sorrows,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Whose pity is great therefore,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">The gift that thy children bring thee</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Is ever a sorrow more.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Sure of thy dear compassion,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Concerned for our own relief,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Ever and ever we seek thee,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">And each with his gift of grief.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Oh, not to reprove my brothers,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Yet I, who am less than less,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Would bring thee my joy of being</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">The rose of my happiness.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">The spirit that makes my singing</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">The gladness without alloy,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Oh, Heart of a Hundred Sorrows,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">I bring thee a little joy.</span><br/> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />