The Song Of A Felon's Wife

The brand is on thy brow,
A dark and guilty spot;
'Tis ne'er to be erased!
'Tis ne'er to be forgot!

The brand is on thy brow!
Yet I must shade the spot:
For who will love thee now,
If I love thee not?

Thy soul is dark, - is stained; -
From out the bright world thrown;
By God and man disdained,
But not by me, - thy own!

Oh! even the tiger slain
Hath one who ne'er doth flee,
Who soothes his dying pain!
- That one am I to thee!

Barry Cornwall (Bryan Walter Procter) . 1787-1874

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Poetry of Cornwall

Barry Cornwall
born 1787, died 1874

Pseudonym of
Bryan Walter Procter

Poems

The Prophet
The Exile's Farewell
London
Within And Without
A Pauper's Funeral
The Poor House
Il Penseroso And L' Allegro
The Song Of A Felon's Wife

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