In Trouble

Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)



1     It's all for nothing: I've lost im now.
2         I suppose it ad to be:
3     But oh I never thought it of im,
4         Nor e never thought it of me.
5     And all for a kiss on your evening out
6         An a field where the grass was down ...
7     And e as gone to God-knows-where,
8         And I may go on the town.

9     The worst of all was the thing e said
10       The night that e went away:
11   He said e'd a married me right enough
12       If I adn't a been so gay.
13   Me, gay! When I'd cried, and I'd asked him not,
14       But e said e loved me so;
15   An whatever e wanted seemed right to me ...
16       An how was a girl to know?

17   Well, the river is deep, and drowned folk sleep sound,
18       An it might be the best to do;
19   But when he made me a light-o-love
20       He made me a mother too.
21   I've ad enough sin to last my time,
22       If twas sin as I got it by,
23   But it aint no sin to stand by his kid
24       An work for it till I die.

25   But oh the long days and the death-long nights
26       When I feel it move and turn,
27   And cry alone in my single bed
28       And count what a girl can earn
29   To buy the baby the bits of things
30       He ought to a bought, by rights;
31   And wonder whether e thinks of Us ...
32       And if e sleeps sound o' nights.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XAXAXBXB CDXDXEAE XFXFXGXG HICIXHXH
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,306
Words 278
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8

Edith Nesbit

Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland) was an English author and poet; she published her books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 books of children's literature. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later affiliated to the Labour Party. more…

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