Classic and Contemporary Poetry

A WHITE PEARL SHONE, by EDNA FUCHS
First Line: The cup is bitter, god
Last Line: There in the cup a white pearl shone.

"The cup is bitter, God.
Take it away!
I cannot put it to my lips again.
Have I not borne enough?
O, give me respite from this pain."

In vain my spirit cried,
"Some other day."
But Calvary is not endured alone,
For when the bitterness was drained away,
There in the cup a white pearl shone.