UNCERTAIN-AGED Miss Thereabouts, <br />Tough fossil of her teens, <br />Has lifted up with saving hand <br />The ruined Smithereens. <br />Down the dark steps of debt that hand <br />Sped like an angel's wing, <br />Deep—dowered with gold, and for itself <br />Brought back a golden ring. <br />Ah lovely Lucy Lovandove, <br />10 That ring's a snake, and means <br />Woe without end: therein lies crushed <br />Thy heart—to smithereens.<br /><br />Dante Gabriel Rossetti<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/smithereens/
