Thus was Natalia loved and lost and won. <br />Some say that Adrian, having gained the goal <br />Of his long hopes, and being of those who run <br />Too lightly for their constancy of soul, <br />Or finding maybe that in spite of fate <br />She he had saved from death was ill at ease, <br />And halted still in doubt 'twixt this and that, <br />Grudging her frightened soul its ecstasies, <br />At a high feast in presence of her kin <br />Gave back Natalia to her husband's care: <br />A fair resolve, mayhap, and lesser sin, <br />If that sin be which love hath made so fair. <br />Yet do I doubt me all so blindly ended, <br />Since both from Adam were and Eve descended.<br /><br />Wilfrid Scawen Blunt<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/natalia-s-resurrection-sonnet-xxx/
