Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NELL BARNES, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: They lived apart for three long years Last Line: It was for love she died. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Absence; Man-woman Relationships; Marriage; Separation; Isolation; Male-female Relations; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
They lived apart for three long years, Bill Barnes and Nell, his wife; He took his joy from other girls, She led a wicked life. Yet ofttimes she would pass his shop, With some strange man awhile; And, looking, meet her husband's frown With her malicious smile. Until one day, when passing there, She saw her man had gone; And when she saw the empty shop, She fell down with a moan. And when she heard that he had gone Five thousand miles away, And that she'd see his face no more, She sickened from that day. To see his face was health and life, And when it was denied, She could not eat, and broke her heart -- It was for love she died. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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