A Celebration of Women Writers

"Resurrection." by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay (1875-1928)
From: Fires of Driftwood. by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Limited, 1922, p. 26.

Editor: Mary Mark Ockerbloom

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Resurrection

I BURIED Joy; and early to the tomb
I came to weep–so sorrowful was I
Who had not dreamed that Joy, my Joy, could die.

I turned away, and by my side stood Joy
All glorified–ah, so ashamed was I
Who dared to dream that Joy, my Joy, could die!

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Editor: Mary Mark Ockerbloom