Poems (Mary Coleridge)/Poem 125

CXXV
Ah, I have striven, I have striven,That it might vanish as the smoke;Angels remember it in heaven.In vain I have striven, I have strivenTo forget the word that I spoke.
See, I am fighting, I am fightingThat I may bring it to nought.It is written in fiery writing,In vain I am fighting, I am fightingTo forget the thought that I thought.