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Poem
September 20, 1851
Sunbury American
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A devoted wife tends to her dying husband on his deathbed, forgiving his past betrayals and mourning his loss despite desertion by others who caused his fall.
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The Wife.
She knelt beside his dying bed,
By friend forsaken now.
And gently raised his aching head,
And wiped his fevered brow;
She paused not for the vanished years,
Which sorrow had made dim.
She thought not of her blinding tears,
Save those which fell for him.
She had been loved in early youth,
But love had long been gone
And yet she mourned his vanished truth,
And brokenly lived on.
He was the father of her boy.
And could she think but ill
Of one so dear—her pride—her joy?
Ah, no! she loves him still.
And now deserted and despised
By those who caused his fall
Her woman's heart, so little prized,
Forgave and pitied all.
The flower his haughty hand had cast
To wither in its bloom.
Tho' worn and wan was still the last
To deck his lonely tomb.
[Duffy's Magazine.]
She knelt beside his dying bed,
By friend forsaken now.
And gently raised his aching head,
And wiped his fevered brow;
She paused not for the vanished years,
Which sorrow had made dim.
She thought not of her blinding tears,
Save those which fell for him.
She had been loved in early youth,
But love had long been gone
And yet she mourned his vanished truth,
And brokenly lived on.
He was the father of her boy.
And could she think but ill
Of one so dear—her pride—her joy?
Ah, no! she loves him still.
And now deserted and despised
By those who caused his fall
Her woman's heart, so little prized,
Forgave and pitied all.
The flower his haughty hand had cast
To wither in its bloom.
Tho' worn and wan was still the last
To deck his lonely tomb.
[Duffy's Magazine.]
What sub-type of article is it?
Elegy
Ballad
What themes does it cover?
Death Mourning
Moral Virtue
Love Courtship
What keywords are associated?
Dying Husband
Loyal Wife
Forgiveness
Mourning
Betrayal
Poem Details
Title
The Wife.
Key Lines
She Knelt Beside His Dying Bed,
By Friend Forsaken Now.
Ah, No! She Loves Him Still.
Her Woman's Heart, So Little Prized,
Forgave And Pitied All.