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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1872
Page
2
A lyric reminiscence on a vanished romance and the temptation to bury memories. The speaker confronts whether the past can be sealed away, debating gods of memory against enduring scenes of love and nature that persist beyond a locked box.
In a sunlit Thames garden Captain Kerr woos Theodosia Richley but learns she seeks a title and fortune. Rejected, he sails with his regiment, finds true love with Rosie Amherst, and later, in Rome, reflects that a rosebud can outshine gold as he reconciles with his past.
A collage of jokes and quips on manners, editors, fashion, and society. Items note witty dialogue, playful inferences about weddings, politics, and sly social commentary, with several letters and snippets about editors, publishers, and a deserter tale.
To-day sings of yesterday while To-morrow arrives as a radiant yet elusive vision. The speaker hopes for imminent happiness but finds beauty fleeting and hearts continually drawn to distant promises. The poem imagines a future moment when love and mortality unite, turning mortal arms into immortality.
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