Poem
A good example of Helen Adam's verse with its striking use of language is "Margaretta's Rime":
- Margaretta's Rime
- In Amsterdam, that old city,
- Church bells tremble and cry;
- All day long their airy chiming
- Clavers across the sky.
- I am young in the old city,
- My heart dead in my breast.
- I hear the bells in the sky crying,
- "Every being is blest."
- In Amsterdam, that old city,
- Alone at a window I stand,
- A spangled garter my only clothing,
- A candle flame in my hand.
- The people who pass that lighted window,
- Looking me up and down,
- Know I am one more tourist trifle
- For sale in this famous town.
- Noon til dusk at the window waiting,
- Nights of fury and shame.
- I am young in an old city
- Playing an older game.
- I hear the bells in the sky crying
- To the dead heart in my breast,
- The gentle bells in the sky crying
- "Every being is blest."
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