Henry got me with child, <br />Knowing that I could not bring forth life <br />Without losing my own. <br />In my youth therefore I entered the portals of dust. <br />Traveler, it is believed in the village where I lived <br />That Henry loved me with a husband's love, <br />But I proclaim from the dust <br />That he slew me to gratify his hatred.<br /><br />Edgar Lee Masters<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/amanda-barker/
