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...ULTIMA THULE: NIGHT by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW ENVOY: 2. TO MY MOTHER by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON BROWN OF OSSAWATOMIE [DECEMBER 2, 1859] by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER I WOULD BE THE SUN by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS BUCK O' KINGWATTER by ROBERT ANDERSON OF CARLISLE THREE PASTORAL ELEGIES: TO THE READER (2) by WILLIAM BASSE |