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I have been lost and drowned In beauty's deeps

Viola Petitt Neal
July-August 1998 (Vol. XI, No. 7)

I have been lost and drowned
In beauty's deeps
Forgetting,
Beauty is but the garment
Thou dost wear;
And when the eventide has come
Thou has departed,
Leaving Thy garment,
But I seek Thyself.

~ from FRAGMENTS OF EXPERIENCE by Viola Petitt Neal
Fragments Of Experience
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