The Ideal Wife Poem by J. Williams
A poetic meditation on seeking a perfect wife as the speaker imagines a beloved figure. The verse invokes distant locales and seasonal imagery to express longing and the hope of a reunion before youth passes.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1883
Page
4
Love in a Balloon and a Daring Balloonside Romance
A narrator recalls a Georgian era escapade at Peach House Pem brokeshire with Sir George P and his daughter Fanny. After ducking the narrator in a lake and a staged balloon ascent, he pursues marriage proposals amid comic danger and a dramatic descent. Fanny resists, then promises, but at ground she rebuffs him with a kiss and an earful of scolding as a chastening end to the comic episode.
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