• Out of Norfolk, the Gift of My Cousin, Ann Bodham

    O THAT those lips had language! Life has passed
    With me but roughly since I heard thee last.
    Those lips are thine,—thy own sweet smile I see,
    The same that oft in childhood solaced me;
    Voice only fails, else how distinct they say,
    “Grieve not, my child; chase all thy fears away!”
    The meek...