Ere she arrived, <br />.................... her lover derides her. <br />Sought to advise her <br />.......................... to forego this bliss. <br /> <br />They had dreamt of this, <br />.....................and were all prepared <br />For ardour, <br />............... but not for events like this. <br /> <br />She clung to their passion, <br />............................... vowed devotion, <br />Behaved as youth must do <br />......................., .... he then proposed <br />A death-pact if consent <br />............................ was not motioned <br />By acceptance from kin, <br />..................... now their staunch foes. <br /> <br />What could they do, <br />................ the portents were against <br />Such senselessness, <br />............ but was time their defence.? <br /> <br />(To Be Continued)<br /><br />Fay Slimm<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/elizabeth-s-capitulation/
