The title poem, set in 1670, finds two sisters in a turret room grieving for the man one married and the other secretly loved, until the hidden love spills out. Around it Aldrich gathers lyrics and dramatic pieces: The Last Caesar, In Westminster Abbey, a tribute to Tennyson, a shipman’s tale and short meditations on time.
Polished late-Victorian verse from the New England poet and editor of the Atlantic. Download the free EPUB.