TABITHA dressed for her wedding: -- "Tabby, why look so sad?" "-- O I feel a great gloominess spreading, spreading, Instead of supremely glad!. . . "I called on Carry last night, And he came whilst I was there, Not knowing I'd called. So I kept out of sight, And I heard what he said to her: "'-- Ah, I'd far liefer marry @3You,@1 Dear, to-morrow!' he said, 'But that cannot be.' -- O I'd give him to Carry, And willingly see them wed, "But how can I do it when His baby will soon be born? After that I hope I may die. And then She can have him. I shall not mourn!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF JOHN KEATS' DEATH by SARA TEASDALE THE LOST MISTRESS by ROBERT BROWNING A MODEST LOVE; SONG by EDWARD DYER THE VALLEY OF UNREST (2) by EDGAR ALLAN POE THE MORAL FABLES: THE LION AND THE MOUSE by AESOP THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 101. AGE: 2 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 33 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH |