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THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE: BOOK 2. CANTO 7. PRELUDE: 'SHE WAS MINE' by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THY TEARS O'ERPRIZE THY LOSS! THY WIFE
Last Line: SO MUCH ALL OTHERS?' 'SHE WAS MINE.'

'Thy tears o'erprize thy loss! Thy wife,
'In what was she particular?
'Others of comely face and life,
'Others as chaste and warm there are,
'And when they speak they seem to sing;
'Beyond her sex she was not wise;
'And there is no more common thing
'Than kindness in a woman's eyes.
'Then wherefore weep so long and fast,
'Why so exceedingly repine!
'Say, how has thy Beloved surpass'd
'So much all others?' 'She was mine.'



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