Succor Poem by Sophia White

Oh, they are so cruel! They are so cruel!
How can such hate as this exist?
Oh God, dear God, dear mighty God,
How can you let it be?

All Hell unleashed in violent storm;
A tempest breaks, and breaks,
Upon the shore of my sad heart
I cannot, cannot, cannot stand.

Fire and ice, fire and ice,
Either, either, I say, suffice,
To end the hate, cruel, cruel hate,
Be there God or gods or Fate:

Send a fire: burn the tears.
Send a flood: drown the fear.
Eloi! Eloi! Why don’t you come?
Send a Savior: take me home.