Why Won’t You Mend It Again By Bernard Gilbert
Poetry of the Week presents a fragmentary lyric by Bernard Gilbert about heartbreak and unreciprocated gaze. The speaker laments a lover's cold indifference, confessing a broken heart and longing for a reconciling look or return.
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Bernard Gilbert
The Coward and Cecilia at the Chestnuts
Cecilia Arnold falls for Anthony Gretton, branded coward by Billy Langdon. A thunderstorm tests Gretton’s nerve as he leads frightened children to safety in a barn. A lightning blaze nearly harms them, but Gretton proves brave in protecting the kids, earning Cecilia’s vow that he is her hero.
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Gretton
Billy Langdon
Ami
Cecilia Arnold
Proserpine
Cecilia
Somersetshire
Billy
Cecelia
Chestnute
Anthony Gretton
Mendips
Yorkshire
Anthony
Vandyke
Velasques
Mr. Grettom
Archie
Mr. Gretton
Ming Arnold
Anthony Grewson
Thames Valley
Holyport
Tam
Young Gretton
Plesse
Mitea
Mother Vourn
Cookham
Anthony Greace
Amnthony
Stopper pulls brake as river rescue nets hero welcome
A passenger stopped the Hung arian State Mail to help a drowning man seen under a river bridge on the Wang. He dove in, saved the swimmer, and reboarded the train to a warm reception despite the guard stating the pull was unnecessary as no danger existed.
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Neutra
Wang River
The Late Night Typist and the Missing Heir
Miss Mayland works late for stock broker Mordaunt Forbes while clerk Jim Anderson hides a growing affection. After a foggy evening and a dangerous ride, Anderson disappears, and Nancy’s hopeful visit to Marylebone ends in shock as she discovers a stranger’s car and a grim confinement awaiting her in a mysterious country estate.
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Mayland
Anderson
Mr. Forbes
Hullo
Nancy
Marylebone
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