Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SELF-DEVOTED, by AGNES STRICKLAND


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First Line: She hath forsaken courtly halls and bowers
Last Line: And veils with patient smiles a breaking heart.
Subject(s): Love; Sacrifices


She hath forsaken courtly halls and bowers
For his dear sake: -- ay, cheerfully resigned
Country and friends for him, and hath entwined
Her fate with his in dark and stormy hours,
As the fond ivy clings to ruined towers
With generous love; and never hath inclined
Round gilded domes and palaces to wind,
Or flung her wintry wreath midst summer flowers.
Her cheek is pale -- it hath grown pale for him;
Her all of earthly joy, her heaven below --
He fades before her -- fades in want and woe;
She sees his lamp of life wax faint and dim,
Essays to act the Roman matron's part,
And veils with patient smiles a breaking heart.





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