Two Women

Nora Hopper Chesson

1871 to 1906

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You are a snowdrop, sweet; but will 
You look upon this daffodil 
That in a careless hand has lain 
So long, it cannot drink the rain 
And be renewed, or by the sun 
Find that unkindly grasp undone? 

You are a snowdrop: put your white 
By this spoiled gold, dear heart, to-night 
Touch leaves with this less happy flower 
Undone by some too happy hour. 
You might have been the daffodil 
If I had kissed your prudence still.