A SONG
ALL that a man may pray,
Have I not prayed to thee ?
What were praise left to say,
Has not been said by me,
O ma mie ?
Yet thine eyes and thine heart,
Always were dumb to me :
Only to be my part,
Sorrow has come from thee,
O ma mie !
Where shall I seek and hide
My grief away with me ?
Lest my bitter tears should chide,
Bring brief dismay to thee,
O ma mie !
More than a man may pray
Have I not prayed to thee?
What were praise left to say,
Has not been said by me,
O ma mie ?
MLA citation:
Dowson, Ernest. “A Song.” The Savoy vol. 5, September 1896, p. 36. Savoy Digital Edition, edited by Christopher Keep and Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2018-2020. Yellow Nineties 2.0, Ryerson University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2019. https://1890s.ca/savoyv5-dowson-song/