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THE SANCTUARY: 8. DEVOTION by SAROJINI NAIDU

First Line: TAKE MY FLESH TO FEED YOUR DOGS IF YOU CHOOSE
Last Line: OR BURN LIKE A WEED FOR YOUR SAKE IN THE FLAME OF HELL.
Subject(s): HEARTS; LOVE; PASSION;
TAKE my flesh to feed your dogs if you choose,
Water your garden-trees with my blood if you will,
Turn my heart into ashes, my dreams into dust—
Am I not yours, O Love, to cherish or kill?

Strangle my soul and fling it into the fire!
Why should my true love falter or fear or rebel?
Love, I am yours to lie in your breast like a flower,
Or burn like a weed for your sake in the flame of hell.


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