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