Poetical Fragments from Ethel Churchill Volume II/Want of Sympathy
CHAPTER XXII.
A MATRIMONIAL TÊTE-À-TÊTE.
These are the things that fret away the heart—
Cold, careless trifles; but not felt the less
For mingling with the hourly acts of life.
It is a cruel lot for the fine mind,
Full of emotions generous and true,
To feel its light flung back upon itself;
All its warm impulses repelled and chilled,
Until it finds a refuge in disdain!
And woman, to whom sympathy is life,
The only atmosphere in which her soul
Developes all it has of good and true;
How must she feel the chill!
Blanchard’s title is:
WANT OF SYMPATHY