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* Constance's lament will make you feel you actually understand what losing a child would be like. Added extra poignancy when you realise it might have been written just after Bill lost his only son: |
* Constance's lament will make you feel you actually understand what losing a child would be like. Added extra poignancy when you realise it might have been written just after Bill lost his only son: |
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{{quote|Grief fills the room up of my absent child, |
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Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, |
Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, |
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Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, |
Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, |
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Remembers me of all his gracious parts, |
Remembers me of all his gracious parts, |
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Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; |
Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; |
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Then have I reason to be fond of grief. |
Then have I reason to be fond of grief. |
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Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, |
Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, |
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I could give better comfort than you do. |
I could give better comfort than you do. |
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I will not keep this form upon my head, |
I will not keep this form upon my head, |
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''[Tearing off her head-dress.]'' |
''[Tearing off her head-dress.]'' |
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When there is such disorder in my wit. |
When there is such disorder in my wit. |
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O Lord! my boy, my Arthur, my fair son! |
O Lord! my boy, my Arthur, my fair son! |
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My life, my joy, my food, my all the world! |
My life, my joy, my food, my all the world! |
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My widow-comfort, and my sorrows' cure! }} |
My widow-comfort, and my sorrows' cure! }} |
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Latest revision as of 03:07, 8 August 2014
- Constance's lament will make you feel you actually understand what losing a child would be like. Added extra poignancy when you realise it might have been written just after Bill lost his only son:
Grief fills the room up of my absent child, |