She did not trail her grief in the dust
Like a bedraggled scarf
To tangle at the hearts of unwary passers.
Grief sat upon her magnificently, like a crown;
Pearled with the mellowness of past tears.
Crimsoned with the garnet of an old wound,
Sapphired with the blue of tried faith …
And so diademed, she queened it over sorrow.
(Edith Mirick)
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