Janet Holmes
1862.14 (328-330)
Of Tribulation — these are They
Denoted
The
Of
All
But the Ones who overcame
Wear
No
“Surrender”
On
“Defeat”
Remembered
Our
When
But we — stood — whispering
And
If
Go
He
If
That’s
Never
Held
Best
If
Lift the Flesh
The Poltroon wants
Nothing more —
He
I heard the Buckle snap
And
My Lifetime folding up —
Deliberate, as
A Kingdom’s
Henceforth
A
Yet
And do
That
And
To
And
Whose
For