Friday, August 22, 1913

Rain

Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #18Time not recorded
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While friends, unthinking, join to celebrate... I, only I, explore in pensive mood The secret of V–a’s spinsterhood... And envy him (not born, like me, too soon) For whom the partial gods reserve the boon.

A short poem celebrating Venetia's 26th birthday and musing on her single status.

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration7/10
Political Unburdening0/10
Emotional Desolation2/10

Thematic Tags

Birthday poemSpinsterhoodAge difference
H.H. Asquith
Moray
HIS DAYWriting poetry.. At Hopeman Lodge. Writing to Venetia Stanley
Venetia Stanley
Ireland
HER DAYStaying at Killarney (Day 3 of 3)

Official Register

1913-08-22

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Fifty miners were killed in a gold mine accident in Mysore, India.

Cabinet Council

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Parliament

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