New Warnings came: building the fire, I spied A crumpled letter with my name, and caught Some phrases zigzag in the folds, their thought Leaping into my face: . . . @3"marriage" . . . "have died" . . . "Avoid those matters and" . . . "we're justified"@1 . . . So I unfolded (and why not?). From then My faith was shaken in two righteous men -- Plotting 'gainst me, yet plotting for my bride, The sister, daughter. I was welcome there As "the solution of her future" -- means, Not manhood, was I unto father, son: But did they reckon how that deed unfair Would work across the drama's later scenes In my own dealings with my lovely one? -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SOLDIER'S DREAM by THOMAS CAMPBELL TRUST by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE THE LAURELS ARE FELLED by THEODORE FAULLAIN DE BANVILLE THE BRIDES' TRAGEDY: ACT 2, SCENE 1 by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE LAST MAN: INSIGNIFICANCE OF THE WORLD by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES SAVONAROLA BROWN, SELECTION by HENRY MAXIMILIAN BEERBOHM |