I prayed for riches, and achieved success;
All that I touched turned into gold. Alas!
My cares were greater and my peace was less,
When that wish came to pass.
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Answered prayers with a fantastic closing line. A great reveal by a great and so sadly missed poetess at the peak of her poetry powers.