Satires of Circumstance No.3

in 15 glimpses

By Her Aunt's Grave

'Sixpence a week,' says the girl to her lover,

'Aunt used to bring me, for she could confide

In me alone, she vowed. 'Twas to cover

The cost of her headstone when she died.

And that was a year ago last June;

I've not yet fixed it. But I must soon.

'And where is the money now, my dear?'

'O, snug in my purse... Aunt was so slow

In saving it -- eighty weeks, or near.'...

'Let's spend it,' he hints. 'For she won't know

There's a dance to-night at the Load of Hay.'

She passively nods. And they go that way.

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