This poem mentions a marb
This poem mentions a marble fountain which produces the perpetual sound of splashing water drops and states that "the sliding of the water / Seems the stroking of a dear / Hand upon her". One character in this poem is described as a "heavy-booted lover" whose coat buttons bruise the body of his beloved as he embraces her, and this poem makes repeated mention of squills, daffodils, and the narrator's "stiff, brocaded gown". The narrator states "In a month he would have been my husband" after relating how she received a message stating that Lord Hartwell had been killed in combat, and this poem concludes by asking "Christ! What are [the titular entities] for?" Appearing in the collection Men, Women, and Ghosts, FTP, name this poem by Amy Lowell.
This poem mentions a marble fountain which produces the perpetual sound of splashing water drops and states that "the sliding of the water / Seems the stroking of a dear / Hand upon her".
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