Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THEIR WEDDING JOURNEY - 1834, by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dear mother, / when the coach rolled off Last Line: "please write, ""I know." Subject(s): Marriage; New York City - 19th Century; Travel; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
DEAR MOTHER, When the Coach rolled off From dear old Battery Place I hid my face within my hands That is, I hid my face. Tom says (he's leaning over me!) T'was on his shoulder, too; But, oh, I pray you will believe I wept to part from You. And when we rattled up Broadway I wept to leave the Scene Familiar to my happy Youth (I did love Bowling Green). I wept at Slidell's Chandlery To see the smoak arise 'Twas only at the City Hall Tom bade me wipe my Eyes. By Mr. Niblo's Garden, where You would not let me go, We went, and travell'd up the Hill So fast, and yet so slow! And so we left behind the Town And ere the Sun had set We reached the Inn at Tubby Hook We have not left it yet! I know that we are very Wrong Dear Mother, pray forgive! From Sun to Sun 'tis all so sweet It seems so sweet to Live! I know the things we meant to do, The road we vowed to go, But Tom and I are here, andoh, Dear Mother, do you know? We have not gone to Uncle John's, Though Yonkers is so near We never shall see Cousin Van At Tarrytown, I fear. Our Peekskill friends, the Fishkill folk, And all the waiting rest Tom bids me tell you they may wait (He says they may be Blest). I know 'tis ill to linger here Hid in this woodland Inn, When all along Queen Anne's broad road Await our Friends and Kin; But, Dear Mama (when I was small You let me call you so), 'T is such Felicity and Joy With Him, Here! Do you know? YOUR ISABEL. P. S.Tom sends his love. Please write, "I know." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING THE CHAPERON by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER |
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