LOT'S WIFE 



I like to think that Lot's Wife, 



Defiant of the Lord, 

 Could brave His flaming anger. 



The flash of His bright sword, 

 To turn a backward look upon 



The city He abhorred. 



I hope she saw her roof -tree 

 Before the brimstone came. 



The little plot in Sodom 



That Lot bought in her name. 



And that it stayed untouched until 

 Her eyes were seared with flame. 



She turned perhaps half -doubting 



A Righteousness so grim 

 As to destroy her hearthstone 



For some strange Man-God's whim. 

 Before she turned to salt, I'm sure 



She had strange thoughts of Him. 



[53] 



