Diminishing Pride Poem by Joyce Hemsley

Pining for happiness she'd left behind
Yearning, and crushed with sorrow.
Sentimentality started her thinking
Of a cottage way down in the hollow.

Goodbye she had said to family devotion
That sweet attraction could never stay.
She was left grieving and sad with emotion
Alone and downhearted each dismal day.

Once she was happy; now she is sad.
Don Juan's lies turned her world to grey.
No cottage of roses to make her glad
Alone and dispirited even in May.

Searching for love she knew as a bride
But all she can find is 'diminishing pride'.