Hand trembling towards hand; the amazing lights Of heart and eye. They stood on supreme heights. Ah, the delirious weeks of honeymoon! Soon they returned, and, after strange adventures, Settled at Balham by the end of June. Their money was in Can. Pacs. B. Debentures, And in Antofagastas. Still he went Citywide daily; still she did abide At home. And both were really quite content With work and social pleasures. Then they died. They left three children (besides George, who drank): The eldest Jane, who married Mr. Bell, William, the head-clerk in the County Bank, And Henry, a stock-broker, doing well. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HEAUTONTIMOROUMENOS by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE BATTLE AT THE RIVER RAISIN; JANUARY 22, 1813 by LEVI BISHOP NATALIA'S RESURRECTION: 10 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT NATALIA'S RESURRECTION: 5 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 24, ASKING FOR HER HEART (2) by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT SONNET ON LIFE by BROOKE BOOTHBY THE LORDS' MASQUE: SONG by THOMAS CAMPION |